attribute
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Definitions ofattribute
- A characteristic or quality of a thing.
Example: "His finest attribute is his kindness."
- (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.
Example: "In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket"."
- That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
- An option or setting belonging to some object.
Example: "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.
Example: "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.
- To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
- To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
Example: "This poem is attributed to Browning."
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