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Definition of 'author'

Word Frequency

author

(ɔːθəʳ )
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, plural authors , present participle authoring, past tense, past participle authored
1. countable noun
The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
She is the joint author of a booklet on Integrated Education. [+ of]
2. countable noun
An author is a person whose job is writing books.
...Philip Pullman, the best-selling author of children's fiction.
3. countable noun
The author of a plan or proposal is the person who thinks of it and works out the details.
The authors of the plan believe they can reach this point within about two years. [+ of]
4. verb
To author something means to be the author of it.
Then he opened a restaurant, authored a book, and landed his own radio show. [VERB noun]
...a proposal authored by subcommittee chairman Quentin Burdick. [VERB-ed]
5.  See also co-author
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Word Frequency

author in British

(ˈɔːθə )
noun
1. 
a person who composes a book, article, or other written work
▶ Related adjective: auctorial
2. 
a person who writes books as a profession; writer
3. 
the writings of such a person
reviewing a postwar author
4. 
an originator or creator
the author of this plan
verb (transitive)
5. 
to write or originate
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Derived forms
authorial (ɔːˈθɔːrɪəl )
  adjective
Word origin of 'author'
C14: from Old French autor, from Latin auctor author, from augēre to increase
Word Frequency

author in American

(ˈɔθər ; ôˈt hər)
noun
1. 
a person who makes or originates something; creator; originator
“author of liberty”
2. 
a writer of a book, article, etc.; often specif., a person whose profession is writing books
verb transitive
3. 
to be the author of
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
authorial (auˈthorial) (ɔˈθɔriəl ; ôt hôrˈēəl)
  adjective
Word origin of 'author'
ME autour < OFr autor < L auctor, enlarger, author < augere, to increase: see wax1

Example sentences containing 'author'

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She had once wondered how someone could spend an entire term just teaching about one author. Lowry, Lois ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1) (2002)Edward was immediately spoken of as if he were himself an established author, even a literary authority. Alan Judd THE DEVIL'S OWN WORK (2002)He's a highly regarded member of the faculty, fully tenured, the author of a definitive textbook. Tapply, William G A RODENT OF DOUBT (2002)
Spurning her suitors, superior without being arrogant, she clearly is the object of her author 's admiration. Howker, Janni ISAAC CAMPION (2002)

Quotations

There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in thisC.N. Bovee

Trends of 'author'

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Translations for 'author'

British English: author /ˈɔːθə/ NOUN
The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
...the author of the report.
  • American English: author
  • Arabic: مُؤَلِّف
  • Brazilian Portuguese: autor
  • Chinese: 作者
  • Croatian: autor
  • Czech: autor
  • Danish: forfatter
  • Dutch: auteur
  • European Spanish: autor
  • Finnish: kirjailija
  • French: auteur
  • German: Autor
  • Greek: συγγραφέας
  • Italian: autore
  • Japanese: 著者
  • Korean: 저자
  • Norwegian: forfatter
  • Polish: autor
  • European Portuguese: autor
  • Romanian: autor
  • Russian: автор
  • Spanish: autor
  • Swedish: författare
  • Thai: นักประพันธ์
  • Turkish: yazar
  • Ukrainian: автор
  • Vietnamese: tác giả

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Nearby words of 'author'

  • authenticate
  • authenticity
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Related Terms of 'author'

  • co-author
  • joint author

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Definition of author from the Collins English Dictionary

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