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attribute.

A characteristic or quality of a thing.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæt.ɹɪ.bjuːt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈæt.ɹɪˌbjut/General-American
  1. A characteristic or quality of a thing.

    His finest attribute is his kindness.
  2. An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.

    The eagle and the bolt of lightning are attributes of Jove.
  3. A word that qualifies a noun.

  4. That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.

  5. An option or setting belonging to some object.

    This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.
    A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten.
  6. A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.

    Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used.
  7. A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin attributus.

verb/əˈtɹɪb.juːt/Received-Pronunciation/əˈtɹɪbˌjut/General-American
  1. To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.

    transitive
  2. To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

    transitive
    This poem is attributed to Browning.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin attributus.

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