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Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : verb uh-trib-yoot; noun a-truh-byoot |
Phonetic Transcription : verb əˈtrɪb yut; noun ˈæ trəˌbyut |
Definition of attributes
Origin :- "qualities belonging to someone or something," c.1600; see attribute (n.).
- noun feature
- verb ascribe, assign to source
- With what warmth of benevolence—how should he be otherwise than warm in any of his attributes?
- Extract from : « Fire Worship (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- But that is one of the attributes of Mr. Gladstone which endear him so much to his party.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Deep were my musings, as to the race and attributes of that ethereal being.
- Extract from : « The Vision of the Fountain (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Borrowed help has the awkwardness which Emerson attributes to borrowed thoughts.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Its attributes of youth are the activity and eager life with which it is redundant.
- Extract from : « Sketches from Memory » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- How then am I to know what attributes denote the possession of the immortal spark?
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- And other gods have other attributes, by which they are pleased to be called.
- Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
- Parmenides rebukes this want of consistency in Socrates, which he attributes to his youth.
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- The other criticism of Parmenides on Socrates attributes to him a want of practice in dialectic.
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- He was worshiping not the animal-headed idols, but the attributes which they personified.
- Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
Synonyms for attributes
- account for
- accredit
- apply
- aspect
- associate
- blame
- character
- characteristic
- charge
- connect
- credit
- facet
- fix upon
- hang on
- hold responsible
- idiosyncrasy
- impute
- indication
- lay
- mark
- note
- particularity
- peculiarity
- pin on
- point
- property
- quality
- quirk
- refer
- reference
- sign
- speciality
- symbol
- trace
- trait
- virtue
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