attribute.
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
Meaning & usage
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
His finest attribute is his kindness.
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.
A word that qualifies a noun.
That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
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.
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.
A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin attributus.
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
This poem is attributed to Browning.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin attributus.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.