Attribute means something rather similar to "pay tribute". So, for example, an award winner who pays tribute to an inspiring professor is, in a sense, attributing her success to the professor.

ATTRIBUTE definition: 1. a quality or characteristic that someone or something has: 2. a quality or characteristic that…. Learn more.

Attribute, ascribe, impute imply definite origin. Attribute and ascribe are often used interchangeably, to imply that something originates with a definite person or from a definite …

An attribute is a quality or characteristic given to a person, group, or some other thing. Your best attribute might be your willingness to help others, like when you stopped traffic so the duck …

An attribute is a quality or feature that someone or something has. Cruelty is a normal attribute of human behaviour. He has every attribute you could want and could play for any team.

Attribute and ascribe, often interchangeable, have the widest application: The historian discovered a new symphony attributed to Mozart. The museum displayed an invention ascribed to the …

Attribute definition: To regard as arising from a particular cause or source; ascribe.

ATTRIBUTE meaning: 1 : to say that (something) is because of (someone or something); 2 : to think of (something) as being a quality of (someone or something)

Some common synonyms of attribute are ascribe, assign, credit, and impute. While all these words mean "to lay something to the account of a person or thing," attribute suggests less …

Definition of attribute noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.