attribute🔊

A characteristic or quality of a thing.

An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.

(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun. +

(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.

(object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.

(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.

(dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.

To ascribe (something) (to) a given cause, reason etc.; to affix. +

To associate ownership or authorship of (something) (to) someone.