author

au·thor

A0531900 (ô′thər)n.1. a. The writer of a book, article, or other text.b. One who practices writing as a profession.2. One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.3. An originator or creator, as of a theory or plan.4. Author God.tr.v. au·thored, au·thor·ing, au·thors 1. Usage Problem To write or be the author of (a published text).2. To write or construct (an electronic document or system): authored the company's website.

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[Alteration (influenced by authentic, authoritative, and other technical terms of Greek origin spelled with th) of Middle English auctour, autor, from Old French auctur, autor, from Latin auctor, creator, from auctus, past participle of augēre, to create; see aug- in Indo-European roots.]

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au·thor′i·al (ô-thôr′ē-əl, ô-thŏr′-) adj.Usage Note: The verb author has been criticized for its transitive use as an unnecessary or pretentious synonym of write, though note that it typically refers to the writing of material that has been published—and not to unpublished texts such as love letters or diaries. So the two words are not exact synonyms. The Usage Panel has tended to sympathize with the traditional view, but this sympathy has been slowly eroding over the decades. In 1964, 81 percent of the Panel found the verb unacceptable in writing. In our 1988 survey, 74 percent rejected it in the sentence He has authored a dozen books on the subject. In 2001, the proportion of Panelists who rejected this same sentence fell to 60 percent. · Journalists frequently use the verb author to apply to the creation or sponsoring of legislative acts, as in The senator authored a bill limiting uses of desert lands in California. In these cases the lawmaker may not have actually written the bill that bears his or her name but rather promoted its idea and passage. While the Panelists were a bit more tolerant of this legislative usage, the nays still have the slightest edge, with 51 percent rejecting the previously quoted sentence in 2001, down from 64 percent in 1988. This suggests that the verb will eventually be accepted by most people.

author

(ˈɔːθə) n1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a person who composes a book, article, or other written work. 2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a person who writes books as a profession; writer3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the writings of such a person: reviewing a postwar author. 4. an originator or creator: the author of this plan. vb (tr) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) to write or originate[C14: from Old French autor, from Latin auctor author, from augēre to increase] authorial adj

au•thor

(ˈɔ θər)

n. 1. the composer of a literary work; writer. 2. the literature produced by a writer: to edit an author. 3. the maker of anything; creator; originator: the author of a new tax plan. 4. Computers. the writer of a software program, esp. a hypertext or multimedia application. v.t. 5. to be the author of. [1250–1300; earlier auct(h)or, Middle English auto(u)r < Anglo-French < Latin auctor writer, progenitor <augēre to increase, augment] au•tho•ri•al (ɔˈθɔr i əl, ɔˈθoʊr-) adj.

author

Past participle: authored
Gerund: authoring

Imperative
author
author

Present
I author
you author
he/she/it authors
we author
you author
they author

Preterite
I authored
you authored
he/she/it authored
we authored
you authored
they authored

Present Continuous
I am authoring
you are authoring
he/she/it is authoring
we are authoring
you are authoring
they are authoring

Present Perfect
I have authored
you have authored
he/she/it has authored
we have authored
you have authored
they have authored

Past Continuous
I was authoring
you were authoring
he/she/it was authoring
we were authoring
you were authoring
they were authoring

Past Perfect
I had authored
you had authored
he/she/it had authored
we had authored
you had authored
they had authored

Future
I will author
you will author
he/she/it will author
we will author
you will author
they will author

Future Perfect
I will have authored
you will have authored
he/she/it will have authored
we will have authored
you will have authored
they will have authored

Future Continuous
I will be authoring
you will be authoring
he/she/it will be authoring
we will be authoring
you will be authoring
they will be authoring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been authoring
you have been authoring
he/she/it has been authoring
we have been authoring
you have been authoring
they have been authoring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been authoring
you will have been authoring
he/she/it will have been authoring
we will have been authoring
you will have been authoring
they will have been authoring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been authoring
you had been authoring
he/she/it had been authoring
we had been authoring
you had been authoring
they had been authoring

Conditional
I would author
you would author
he/she/it would author
we would author
you would author
they would author

Past Conditional
I would have authored
you would have authored
he/she/it would have authored
we would have authored
you would have authored
they would have authored

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	author - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)writercommunicator - a person who communicates with othersabstracter, abstractor - one who makes abstracts or summarizes informationalliterator - a speaker or writer who makes use of alliterationauthoress - a woman authorbiographer - someone who writes an account of a person's lifecoauthor, joint author - a writer who collaborates with others in writing somethingcommentator, reviewer - a writer who reports and analyzes events of the daycompiler - a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)contributor - a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a bookcyberpunk - a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technologydrafter - a writer of a draftdramatist, playwright - someone who writes playsessayist, litterateur - a writer of literary worksfolk writer - a writer of folktalesframer - someone who writes a new law or plan; "the framers of the Constitution"gagster, gagwriter, gagman - someone who writes comic material for public performersghostwriter, ghost - a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone elseGothic romancer - a writer of Gothic romanceshack writer, literary hack, hack - a mediocre and disdained writerjournalist - a writer for newspapers and magazineslibrettist - author of words to be set to music in an opera or operettalyricist, lyrist - a person who writes the words for songsnovelist - one who writes novelspamphleteer - a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)paragrapher - a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper)poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)polemic, polemicist, polemist - a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)poetiser, poetizer, rhymer, rhymester, versifier - a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)scenarist - a writer of screenplaysscriptwriter - someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramasspace writer - a writer paid by the area of the copyspeechwriter - a writer who composes speeches for others to delivertragedian - a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedieswordmonger - a writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaningword-painter - a writer of vivid or graphic descriptive powerwordsmith - a fluent and prolific writer
	2.	author - someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"generator, sourcecoiner - someone who is a source of new words or new expressionsmaker, shaper - a person who makes things
Verb	1.	author - be the author of; "She authored this play"authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"co-author - be a co-author on (a book, a paper)ghostwrite, ghost - write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"

author

noun1. writer, composer, novelist, hack, creator, columnist, scribbler, scribe, essayist, wordsmith, penpusher, littérateur, man or woman of letters She's the author of the book 'Give your Child Music'.2. creator, father, parent, mother, maker, producer, framer, designer, founder, architect, planner, inventor, mover, originator, prime mover, doer, initiator, begetter, fabricator the authors of the planRelated words
adjective auctorialQuotations
"There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this" [C.N. Bovee]

author

nounOne that creates, founds, or originates:architect, creator, entrepreneur, father, founder, inventor, maker, originator, parent, patriarch.

Translations

作者

author

(ˈoːθə) – feminine sometimes ˈauthoress – noun the writer of a book, article, play etc. He used to be a well-known author but his books are out of print now. 作者 作者ˈauthorship noun the state or fact of being an author. 作者，作者身份 作者身份，作者的情况

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