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attribute He attributed his long life to a good sense of humor and a glass of wine with lunch and dinner every day. əˈtrɪˌbjut

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(1) To explain by indicating a cause. (2) To regard as likely to be a quality of a person or thing. 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. Though if you attribute your fear of dogs to an incident in your childhood, you're not exactly praising the nasty dog that bit you way back when. The second sense of attribute is slightly different: If you attribute bad motives to a politician, it means you think he or she is doing things for the wrong reasons (even if you don't have any proof). When attribute is accented on its first syllable, it's being used as a noun, usually as a synonym for quality. So, for instance, you may believe that an even temper is an attribute of the best presidents, or that cheerfulness is your spouse's best attribute

word	attribute
definition	(1) To explain by indicating a cause. (2) To regard as likely to be a quality of a person or thing.
eg_sentence	He attributed his long life to a good sense of humor and a glass of wine with lunch and dinner every day.
explanation	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. Though if you attribute your fear of dogs to an incident in your childhood, you're not exactly praising the nasty dog that bit you way back when. The second sense of attribute is slightly different: If you attribute bad motives to a politician, it means you think he or she is doing things for the wrong reasons (even if you don't have any proof). When attribute is accented on its first syllable, it's being used as a noun, usually as a synonym for quality. So, for instance, you may believe that an even temper is an attribute of the best presidents, or that cheerfulness is your spouse's best attribute
IPA	əˈtrɪˌbjut

Attribute Sense Means Explain Indicating Regard Quality Person