ATTRIBUTE


Meaning of ATTRIBUTE in English

(~d)

1.

If you ~ something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.

Women tend to ~ their success to external causes such as luck.

= ascribe

VERB: V n to n

2.

If you ~ a particular quality or feature to someone or something, you think that they have got it.

People were beginning to ~ superhuman qualities to him.

= ascribe

VERB: V n to n

3.

If a piece of writing, a work of art, or a remark is ~d to someone, people say that they wrote it, created it, or said it.

This, and the remaining frescoes, are not ~d to Giotto.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n

4.

An ~ is a quality or feature that someone or something has.

Cruelty is a normal ~ of human behaviour...

= characteristic

N-COUNT: usu with supp

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