(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.

(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun. / Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution. / Having the nature of an attribute.

plural of attributive

The state or quality of being attributive.

In an attributive manner.

The act of attributing something. / An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.

simple past tense and past participle of attribute

(programming) decorated with an attribute

To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc. / To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

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, a qualifier.