American English
/ˈæ.tɹə.bjut̚/
3 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
a quality or feature that a person or thing has
“Attribute” has two common pronunciations. For a quality or feature, use /ˈæ.tɹə.bjut̚/; for saying that something came from or was caused by someone or something, use /əˈtʰɹɪˌbjut̚/.
a quality or feature that a person or thing has
Patience is an important attribute for a teacher.
The phone's best attribute is its long battery life.
a key attribute · personal attributes · a positive attribute
an attribute of someone/something
someone's/something's attribute
to say that something was caused by, or came from, a particular person or thing
She attributed her success to hard work.
The delay was attributed to bad weather.
Put the thing first: attribute the delay to traffic.
attribute success to hard work
attribute something to someone/something
something is attributed to someone/something
In attributed, keep the final e; in attributing, drop it: attributed, attributing.