English > attribute: 4 senses > noun 2, Tops| Meaning | An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
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| Narrower | ballast | An attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals |
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| character | (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes |
| cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine | The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom |
| common denominator | An attribute that is common to all members of a category |
| depth | The attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense |
| eidos | (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group |
| ethos | (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era |
| human nature | The shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings |
| inheritance, heritage | Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors |
| personality | The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual |
| property | A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class |
| quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| shape, form | The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance |
| space, infinite | The unlimited expanse in which everything is located |
| state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
| thing | Any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence |
| time | The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
| trait | A distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
| uncheerfulness | not conducive to cheer or good spirits |
| Broader | abstraction, abstract entity | A general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
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| Spanish | atributo, característica, rasgo |
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| Catalan | atribut, tret |
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English > attribute: 4 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | Attribute or credit to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Example | "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare" |
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| Synonyms | impute, ascribe, assign |
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| Narrower | accredit, credit | ascribe an achievement to |
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| anthropomorphize, anthropomorphise | ascribe human features to something |
| blame, charge | Attribute responsibility to |
| credit | Give someone credit for something |
| impute | Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source |
| internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise | incorporate within oneself |
| personify, personate | Attribute human qualities to something |
| project, externalize, externalise | regard as objective |
| reattribute | Attribute to another source |
| sensualize, carnalize | ascribe to an origin in sensation |
| Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
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| Similar to | impute | Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source |
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| Spanish | achacar, adjudicar, adscribir, asignar, atribuir, destinar, imputar |
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| Catalan | adjudicar, adscriure, allevar, atribuir, destinar, imputar |
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| Adjectives | attributable | capable of being attributed |
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