Definitions
1.nounA characteristic or quality of a thing."His finest attribute is his kindness."
2.noun(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier."In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket"."
3.nounThat which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
4.nounAn option or setting belonging to some object."A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten."
5.nounA semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated."Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used."
6.nounA numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
7.verbTo ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
8.verbTo associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone."This poem is attributed to Browning."