attributes

v. ascribe to; credit with

n. quality, characteristic; adjective (Grammar)

The word attribute can refer to:An attribute in philosophy, property, an abstraction of a characteristic of an entity or substanceAn attribute in art, an object that identifies a figure, most commonly referring to objects held by saints - see emblemAn attribute in social sciences, a characteristic of a variableAn attribute, a deity's aspect; see Negative theology
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Noun
1. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
(synonym) property, dimension
(hypernym) concept, conception, construct
(hyponym) quality, character, lineament
2. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
(hypernym) abstraction
(hyponym) shape, form
Verb
1. attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
(synonym) impute, ascribe, assign
(hypernym) judge
(hyponym) impute
(verb-group) impute
2. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
(synonym) assign
(hypernym) judge
(hyponym) relegate, classify
(derivation) attribution, ascription

n. (Grammar) attribute, adjective; trait, property, quality, characteristic

<data> A named value or relationship that exists for some or all instances of some entity and is directly associated with that instance.
Examples include the href attribute of an HTML anchor element, the columns of a database table considered as attributes of each row, and the members (properties and methods of an object in OOP. This contrasts with the contents of some kind of container (e.g. an array), which are typically not named. The contents of an associative array, though they might be considered to be named by their key values, are not normally thought of as attributes.
(2001-02-04)