authornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɔː.θər/us/ˈɑː.θɚ/B1 the writer of a book, article, play, etc.:
He is the author of two books on French history.
formal a person who begins or creates something:
She's the author of the company's recent success/of all our troubles.
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- The author has tried to deal with a very difficult subject.
- In his preface, the author says that he took eight years to write the book.
- She's a best-selling author .
- He's the author of several hugely successful children's books .
- There was a biographical note about the author on the back of the book.
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People who write for work or pleasure
- adapter
- authorial
- authorship
- chronicle
- co-author
- copywriter
- cub reporter
- ghostwrite
- hack
- investigative journalism
- journalist
- naturalist
- playwright
- poet
- poet laureate
- satirist
- screenwriter
- scribbler
- scriptwriter
- speechwriter
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Causing things to happen
authorverb [ T ]
uk/ˈɔː.θər/us/ˈɑː.θɚ/formal to write a book, article, etc.:
He has authored more than 30 books.
mainly US to create something:
The deal is being authored by a Greek diplomat.
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Writing & typing
- asterisk
- borrow
- chalk
- co-author
- compose
- copy
- creative writing
- enter
- fair sth out
- fire
- ghostwrite
- misspell
- orthography
- record
- run
- scrawl
- transcription
- typing
- write sth up
- written
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Creating and producing
Inventing, designing and innovation