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Synonyms for attribute
əˈtrɪb yut; ˈæ trəˌbyutat·tribute
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
attributeverb
We may attribute to a person either that which belongs to him or that which we merely suppose to be his. We attribute to God infinite power. We may attribute a wrong intent to an innocent person. We may attribute a result, rightly or wrongly, to a certain cause; in such case, however, attribute carries always a concession of uncertainty or possible error. Where we are quite sure, we simply refer a matter to the cause or class to which it belongs or ascribe to one what is surely his, etc. Many diseases formerly attributed to witchcraft are now referred to the action of micro-organisms. We may attribute a matter in silent thought; we ascribe anything openly in speech or writing; King Saul said of the singing women, "They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands." We associate things which may have no necessary or causal relation; as, we may associate the striking of a clock with the serving of dinner, tho the two are not necessarily connected. We charge a person with what we deem blameworthy. We may impute good or evil, but more commonly evil.
Synonyms:
ascribe, assign, associate, charge, connect, impute, referAntonyms:
deny, disconnect, dissociate, separate, sever, sunderPreposition:
It is uncharitable to attribute evil motives to (archaic unto) others.attributenoun
A quality (Latin qualis, such) — the "suchness" of anything, according to the German idiom — denotes what a thing really is in some one respect; an attribute is what we conceive a thing to be in some one respect; thus, while attribute may, quality must, express something of the real nature of that to which it is ascribed; we speak of the attributes of God, the qualities of matter. "Originally 'the attributes of God' was preferred, probably, because men assumed no knowledge of the actual qualities of the Deity, but only of those more or less fitly attributed to him."
J. A. H. Murray . [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Holiness is an attribute of God; the attributes of many heathen deities have been only the qualities of wicked men joined to superhuman power. A property (Latin proprius, one's own) is what belongs especially to one thing as its own peculiar possession, in distinction from all other things; when we speak of the qualities or the properties of matter, quality is the more general, property the more limited term. A quality is inherent; a property may be transient; physicists now, however, prefer to term those qualities manifested by all bodies (such as impenetrability, extension, etc.), general properties of matter, while those peculiar to certain substances or to certain states of those substances (as fluidity, malleability, etc.) are termed specific properties; in this wider use of the word property, it becomes strictly synonymous with quality. Compare CHARACTERISTIC; EMBLEM.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
attributeverb
Synonyms:
refer, assign, associate, apply, ascribe, charge, impute, connectAntonyms:
divorce, disconnect, dissociate, disseverattributenoun
Synonyms:
property, quality, characteristic, attainment, sign, mark, indication, manifestationAntonyms:
correlative, viz, essence, nature, substance, etc, or, spuriously, affectation, misnomer, semblance, assumption, mask, veil
Princeton's WordNet
property, attribute, dimensionnoun
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
"self-confidence is not an endearing property"
Synonyms:
prop, belongings, property, proportion, holding, dimension, placeattributeverb
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
impute, ascribe, assign, attributeverb
attribute or credit to
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
Synonyms:
depute, assign, delegate, designate, specify, ascribe, portion, set apart, put, allot, impute, arrogateassign, attributeverb
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
Synonyms:
depute, portion, assign, delegate, allot, specify, ascribe, designate, set apart, put, impute, arrogate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
attributeverb
Synonyms:
ascribe, assign, refer, impute, consider as dueattributenoun
Synonyms:
quality, property, characteristic, peculiarity
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
attributenoun
Synonyms:
characteristic, peculiarity, predicate, symbolattributeverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "attribute":
attributes, assign, characteristic, allocate, ascribe, feature
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#280 | sign | |
#316 | place | |
#387 | property | |
#392 | quality | |
#679 | put | |
#834 | mark | |
#1061 | apply | |
#1259 | feature | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1819 | connect | |
#2475 | associate | |
#2884 | refer | |
#3123 | holding | |
#3269 | portion | |
#3823 | specify | |
#4389 | attribute | |
#4729 | attributes | |
#5101 | dimension | |
#6183 | proportion | |
#8011 | assign | |
#8104 | characteristic | |
#8286 | indication | |
#11150 | prop | |
#11722 | delegate | |
#13120 | designate | |
#13477 | attainment | |
#13777 | allocate | |
#20620 | manifestation | |
#27859 | belongings | |
#45153 | allot | |
#52445 | ascribe | |
#93239 | impute | |
#154121 | depute | |
#248023 | arrogate |
How to use attribute in a sentence?
If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a stranger at a bar, they can conscientiously describe him as a source that has hitherto proved unimpeachable. It is only when the journalist is reporting a whim of his own, and one to which he attaches minor importance, that he defines it as the opinion of well-informed circles.
This report, which no matter how you dress it up, pretty much shuts the door on an active effort by The CIA to attribute these incidents.
People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.
Because I paid attention to my customers’ individual needs and actions from the beginning, they don’t mind and often never think of my emails and texts as automated, i attribute almost all my phenomenal success to the relationships I have with my customers, every bit of which is fueled and strengthened by automated follow-up that comes directly from me—messages and information specifically tailored to them, their interests, behaviors, and needs. They feel personal, not robotic, and even though the correspondence customers get is computer-generated, these systems have grown my bottom line and lifetime customer value by double- and triple-digit percentages!
We were able to cut our death rate from 35 people last year to 25 this year, at this time, we attribute that to a lot that we are doing, such as giving Narcan to the police and fire departments and the Department of Health started a needle exchange program that brings people into clinics where they can also receive additional help.
Translations for attribute
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- مِيزَةArabic
- ка́чество, сво́йство, определе́ние, отдава́м, припи́свамBulgarian
- বৈশিষ্ট্যBengali
- připisovat, přívlastekCzech
- attributDanish
- Attribut, zuschreibenGerman
- propreco, trajto, atribui, ecoEsperanto
- atribuir, atributoSpanish
- صفتPersian
- piirre, attribuutti, ominaisuus, määre, määriteFinnish
- attribuer, épithète, attribut, déterminantFrench
- aitreabúid, dílseachtIrish
- गुणHindi
- atribiHaitian Creole
- tulajdonít, jelző, tulajdonságHungarian
- atributIndonesian
- atribuarIdo
- attributoItalian
- 属性, 性質, 限定詞Japanese
- ngubungakeJavanese
- គុណលក្ខណៈKhmer
- attributumLatin
- ໃຫ້ເຫດຜົນLao
- संबंध लावणेMarathi
- sifatMalay
- toeschrijven, attribuut, eigenschapDutch
- attributt, egenskapNorwegian
- przypisać, atrybutPolish
- atribuir, atributoPortuguese
- ка́чество, сво́йство, припи́сывать, определе́ние, относи́ть, атрибу́т, характе́рная черта́Russian
- prívlastokSlovak
- veti, atribuoj, atributAlbanian
- attributSwedish
- sifaSwahili
- பண்புTamil
- katangianTagalog
- атрибу́тUkrainian
- وصفUrdu
- אַטריביוטYiddish
- 属性Chinese
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