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Attribute - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Attribute : (noun)
1: a construct whereby objects or individuals can be
distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing
property" [syn: property, dimension]
2: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
(verb)
1: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to
Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
[syn: impute, ascribe, assign]
2: decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The
biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" [syn:
assign]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Attribute : \At*trib"ute\ ([a^]t"tr[i^]*b[=u]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Attributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Attributing.] [L.
attributus, p. p. of attribuere; ad _ tribuere to bestow. See
Tribute.]
To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate
(to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to
assign; to consider as belonging (to).
We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or
contradiction in it. --Abp.
Tillotson.
The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true
and exact performer. --Shak.
Syn: See Ascribe.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Attribute : \At"tri*bute\, n. [L. attributum.]
1. That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as
belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an
essential or necessary property or characteristic.
But mercy is above this sceptered away; . . . It is
an attribute to God himself. --Shak.
2. Reputation. [Poetic] --Shak.
3. (Paint. & Sculp.) A conventional symbol of office,
character, or identity, added to any particular figure;
as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
4. (Gram.) Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an
attributive adjunct or adjective.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Attribute :
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
members_({properties">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)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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