Attribute
noun
A quality, feature, or characteristic that someone or something has.
Patience is one of her best attributes.
Often appears as...
- positive attribute
- attribute to
verb
To say or believe that something is the result of a particular thing.
She attributes her success to hard work and a bit of luck.
Often appears as...
- attribute to
- attribute success to
noun
In computing, a characteristic of an object or a variable in a program.
File size is one attribute of a computer file.
Often appears as...
- file attribute
- attribute value
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Technical
noun
A quality, feature, or characteristic that someone or something has.
Patience is one of her best attributes.
Often appears as...
- positive attribute
- attribute to
verb
To say or believe that something is the result of a particular thing.
She attributes her success to hard work and a bit of luck.
Often appears as...
- attribute to
- attribute success to
noun
In computing, a characteristic of an object or a variable in a program.
File size is one attribute of a computer file.
Often appears as...
- file attribute
- attribute value
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emphasis
Use 'attribute' to highlight good qualities and strong points in a positive context.
Her organizational skills are an important attribute that contributed to the project's success.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Context
'Attribute' can also describe less desirable qualities in a tactful way.
Impatience can be a negative attribute when working in a team.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Qualities
'Attribute' often refers to inherent qualities of a person, not acquired skills.
Her empathy is a natural attribute that makes her an excellent counselor.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emphasis
Use 'attribute' to highlight good qualities and strong points in a positive context.
Her organizational skills are an important attribute that contributed to the project's success.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Context
'Attribute' can also describe less desirable qualities in a tactful way.
Impatience can be a negative attribute when working in a team.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Qualities
'Attribute' often refers to inherent qualities of a person, not acquired skills.
Her empathy is a natural attribute that makes her an excellent counselor.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emphasis
Use 'attribute' to highlight good qualities and strong points in a positive context.
Her organizational skills are an important attribute that contributed to the project's success.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Context
'Attribute' can also describe less desirable qualities in a tactful way.
Impatience can be a negative attribute when working in a team.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Qualities
'Attribute' often refers to inherent qualities of a person, not acquired skills.
Her empathy is a natural attribute that makes her an excellent counselor.
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The greatest TED Talk...
brand is a pretty powerful thing a playful mindful brand what is your brand if somebody actually described your brand identity your brand personality what would you be are you an up attribute are you something that gets the blood flowing are you more of a Down attribute are you something a little more calm reserved conservative up
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The second is that they attribute a very high status to the teaching profession. They recognize that you can't improve education if you don't pick great people to teach and keep giving them constant support and professional development. Investing in professional development is not a cost. It's an investment,
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Optical illusions show...
finding relationships in information, and associating those relationships with a behavioral meaning, a significance, by interacting with the world. We're very aware of this in the form of more cognitive attributes, like language. I'm going to give you some letter strings,
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How to create a great...
bank changed to eight that changed to hsbc to help the bank expand globally real words like uber and slack are ripped right out of a dictionary and suggest attributes or benefits uber literally means an outstanding example so it works well for a company
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How Cape Town's...
year of below normal rainfall that was unprecedented it's hard to attribute specific events to climate change but an increase in extreme events life draft is what we are expecting from climate change a lot of the blame made by
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Why we have too few...
are negotiating their first salary, and only seven percent of women. And most importantly, men attribute their success to themselves, and women attribute it to other external factors. If you ask men why they did a good job,
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How the blockchain will...
This allows us to create a user-controlled portable identity. More than a profile, it means you can selectively reveal the different attributes about you that help facilitate trade or interaction,
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Feeding a Cute Black...
think it doesn't take her long to just kick into survival mode it's funny cuz as much as they're like us all right keep on sort of putting human attributes on them they're completely dissembler
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Vampires: Folklore,...
They sustain themselves by consuming the life force of a living creature. This shared trait is what defines a vampire -- all the other attributes change with the tides. So, how do we arrive
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History through the eyes...
Would it even have started? When you think about it like this, many major milestones in world history can all be at least partially attributed to the simple spud from the Peruvian hilltops.
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The greatest TED Talk...
brand is a pretty powerful thing a playful mindful brand what is your brand if somebody actually described your brand identity your brand personality what would you be are you an up attribute are you something that gets the blood flowing are you more of a Down attribute are you something a little more calm reserved conservative up
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How to escape...
The second is that they attribute a very high status to the teaching profession. They recognize that you can't improve education if you don't pick great people to teach and keep giving them constant support and professional development. Investing in professional development is not a cost. It's an investment,
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Optical illusions show...
finding relationships in information, and associating those relationships with a behavioral meaning, a significance, by interacting with the world. We're very aware of this in the form of more cognitive attributes, like language. I'm going to give you some letter strings,
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How to create a great...
bank changed to eight that changed to hsbc to help the bank expand globally real words like uber and slack are ripped right out of a dictionary and suggest attributes or benefits uber literally means an outstanding example so it works well for a company
Video examples
How Cape Town's...
year of below normal rainfall that was unprecedented it's hard to attribute specific events to climate change but an increase in extreme events life draft is what we are expecting from climate change a lot of the blame made by
Video examples
Why we have too few...
are negotiating their first salary, and only seven percent of women. And most importantly, men attribute their success to themselves, and women attribute it to other external factors. If you ask men why they did a good job,
Video examples
How the blockchain will...
This allows us to create a user-controlled portable identity. More than a profile, it means you can selectively reveal the different attributes about you that help facilitate trade or interaction,
Video examples
Feeding a Cute Black...
think it doesn't take her long to just kick into survival mode it's funny cuz as much as they're like us all right keep on sort of putting human attributes on them they're completely dissembler
Video examples
Vampires: Folklore,...
They sustain themselves by consuming the life force of a living creature. This shared trait is what defines a vampire -- all the other attributes change with the tides. So, how do we arrive
Video examples
History through the eyes...
Would it even have started? When you think about it like this, many major milestones in world history can all be at least partially attributed to the simple spud from the Peruvian hilltops.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
A properly balanced story provides an equal representation of the negative and positive attributes of, I could say the world, but it's actually a being. 'Harry Potter''s a good example. So Harry's the hero, right. But he's tainted with evil. There's a dark and a light in every bit of that narrative. It's well balanced.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands.
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Queen Elizabeth II
English Royalty
I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
I love my father very much. I attribute so much of the person I am today to the values that he and my mother set for us, and the way they encouraged us every day of our lives to go out and find what we love doing and to fulfill our potential and really be happy.
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George Will
Journalist
Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.
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George Hill
American Athlete
Humanity is something we're lacking, and I will continue to do my job to bring back those attributes that we lack today in every community.
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Ehud Olmert
Israeli Politician
I understand the importance which the Palestinian society attributes to the issue of prisoners.
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Rose Leslie
Scottish Actress
It's a wonderful thing to have a character with tons of attributes.
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P. Chidambaram
Indian Politician
People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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Kapil Sibal
Indian Politician
Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
A properly balanced story provides an equal representation of the negative and positive attributes of, I could say the world, but it's actually a being. 'Harry Potter''s a good example. So Harry's the hero, right. But he's tainted with evil. There's a dark and a light in every bit of that narrative. It's well balanced.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands.
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Queen Elizabeth II
English Royalty
I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
I love my father very much. I attribute so much of the person I am today to the values that he and my mother set for us, and the way they encouraged us every day of our lives to go out and find what we love doing and to fulfill our potential and really be happy.
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George Will
Journalist
Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.
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George Hill
American Athlete
Humanity is something we're lacking, and I will continue to do my job to bring back those attributes that we lack today in every community.
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Ehud Olmert
Israeli Politician
I understand the importance which the Palestinian society attributes to the issue of prisoners.
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Rose Leslie
Scottish Actress
It's a wonderful thing to have a character with tons of attributes.
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P. Chidambaram
Indian Politician
People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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Kapil Sibal
Indian Politician
Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.
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