author

  • 1author — I (originator) noun architect, auctor, begetter, causer, composer, contriver, creator, deviser, discoverer, effecter, fabricator, founder, generator, inaugurator, initiator, innovater, institutor, introducer, inventor, maker, manufacturer,… …

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  • 2author — 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… …

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  • 3Author — Au thor ([add] th[ e]r), n. [OE. authour, autour, OF. autor, F. auteur, fr. L. auctor, sometimes, but erroneously, written autor or author, fr. augere to increase, to produce. See {Auction}, n.] 1. The beginner, former, or first mover of… …

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  • 4Author — Au thor ([add] th[ e]r), v. t. 1. To occasion; to originate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] More of him I dare not author. Massinger.… …

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  • 5Author — Authorship redirects here. For the use in academia, see Academic authorship. For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). An author is broadly defined as the person who originates or gives existence to anything and that authorship determines… …

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  • 6author — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ best selling ▪ prolific ▪ famous, well known ▪ published ▪ Her ambition was to become a published …

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  • 7Author — В этой статье слишком короткое вступление. Пожалуйста, дополните вводную секцию, кратко раскрывающую тему статьи и обобщающую её содержимое. Author …

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  • 8author — 01. I d like to meet the [author] of this book. She must be a fascinating person to talk to. 02. Mark Twain is one of this country s most celebrated [authors]. 03. According to the [authors], the book is based on fact. 04. We got our book signed… …

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  • 9author — au|thor1 W2 [ˈo:θə US ˈo:θər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old North French; Origin: auctour, from Latin auctor maker, writer , from augere; AUGMENT] 1.) someone who has written a book = ↑writer ▪ Nothomb is a Belgian author. author of …

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  • 10author — authorial /aw thawr ee euhl, aw thohr /, adj. authorless, adj. /aw theuhr/, n. 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… …

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