author+(verb)

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• author — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ best selling ▪ prolific ▪ famous, well known ▪ published ▪ Her ambition was to become a published …   Collocations dictionary

• author — 1. noun. An author is a male or a female writer; authoress is widely regarded as depreciatory or even offensive. when used by men, although women writers still use it occasionally of themselves • (The authoress would like to dedicate this story… …   Modern English usage

• author — Ⅰ. author UK US /ˈɔːθər/ noun [C] ► the writer of a book, article, etc.: »He is a best selling author. »The author of the report said his findings were very worrying. ► a person who begins or creates something: »The authors of the proposal want… …   Financial and business terms

• author — ► NOUN 1) a writer of a book or article. 2) a person who originates a plan or idea. ► VERB ▪ be the author of. DERIVATIVES authoress noun authorial adjective authorship noun …   English terms dictionary

• author — [[t]ɔ͟ːθə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ authors, authoring, authored 1) N COUNT: oft N of n The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it. ...Jill Phillips, author of the book Give Your Child Music ... 2) N COUNT An author is a person whose job is… …   English dictionary

• author — I UK [ˈɔːθə(r)] / US [ˈɔθər] noun [countable] Word forms author : singular author plural authors *** 1) a) someone who writes books, articles etc, especially as their job Nobel Prize winning author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn b) the person who writes …   English dictionary

• author — au|thor1 [ ɔθər ] noun count *** 1. ) someone who writes books, articles, etc., especially as their job: Nobel Prize winning author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn a ) the person who writes a particular document or other piece of writing: the author of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• author — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who writes books: Jeffrey Archer, successful author and politician | the author (=the person who wrote a particular book): It s clear that the author is a woman. 2 formal the person who starts a plan or idea: the author of… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• author — I. noun Etymology: Middle English auctour, from Anglo French auctor, autor, from Latin auctor promoter, originator, author, from augēre to increase more at eke Date: 14th century 1. a. one that originates or creates ; source < software authors > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• author — An author is a person who writes, one who practices writing as his profession or vocation. The use of the word as a transitive verb (to author a book) is widespread but is not considered standard. Instead of to author say to write or to compose… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• author — /ˈɔθə / (say awthuh) noun 1. a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist. 2. the literary productions of a writer: to find a passage in an… …