English-Danish translations for attribute

• attribut
  De nyder derfor alle attributterne for en stat. They therefore enjoy all the attributes of a state.
• tilskrive
  Nogle af disse fremskridt kan tilskrives topmødet. Some progress can be attributed to the summit.
  Kan dette elektricitetssvigt tilskrives manglende information? Should this breakdown be attributed to a lack of information?
  Vi ved også, at 80% af ulykkerne tilskrives skibenes besætninger. We also know that 80% of accidents are attributed to crewmembers.

Definition of attribute

• A characteristic or quality of a thing
• A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier
• That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.From Century 1911.--
• A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated
• A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display
• To ascribe a given cause, reason etc
• To associate ownership or authorship of someone

Examples

• His finest attribute is his kindness.
• In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket".
• This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.
• A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten.
• Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used.
• This poem is attributed to Browning.

Related words

• reattribute
• qualifier attribute complement
• property quality attribute
• character attributes
• be attributed