Meaning

6 senses

  1. The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

    The copyright of any original writing belongs initially and properly to its author.

    Have you read any Corinthian authors?

    Autor, Autorin, Verfasser

    а́вторávtor, созда́тельsozdátelʹ, творе́цtvoréc

    а́вторávtor, а́вторкаávtorka

  2. (US)The initial owner of the copyright to a work, especially a work made for hire or a work of corporate authorship.

    The author named on the copyright registration for the Android robot is Google Inc.

  3. Someone who writes books for a living.

    writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

  4. (figuratively)The creator or cause of anything.

  5. (obsolete)Principal; the primary participant in a crime.

  6. (archaic)One's authority for something: an informant.

Examples

483 sentences

  1. Who's the author of this story?

    Хто автор цього оповідання? — Ahha

    ruКто автор этого рассказа? — elsteris

    deWer ist der Verfasser dieser Geschichte? — al_ex_an_der

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  2. Who is the author of this book?

    Хто автор цієї книги? — deniko

    ruКто автор этой книги? — shanghainese

    deWer ist der Autor dieses Buchs? — MUIRIEL

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  3. Aren't you the author of this book?

    Хіба не ти автор цієї книжки? — deniko

    ruРазве вы не автор этой книги? — odexed

    deBist du nicht der Autor dieses Buches? — wolfgangth

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  4. The author of this book is still young.

    Автор цієї книги все ще молодий. — deniko

    ruАвтор этой книги ещё молод. — odexed

    deDer Autor dieses Buches ist noch jung. — Tamy

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  5. Are you the author of this book?

    Ви автор цієї книжки? — deniko

    ruВы автор этой книги? — ae5s

    deBist du der Autor dieses Buches? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
originator or creator of a work:
Русский
By meaning 1
originator or creator of a work:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
originator or creator of a work:

Origin

From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin a

From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). The h, also found in Middle French autheur, is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. The OED attributes the h to contamination by authentic. Doublet of auteur.

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Forms

plural: authors
Singularauthor
Pluralauthors

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
creator of a work:creatorB1artistB1writerA1bookwrightsubcreatorfabulator
Close in meaning
  • writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay):writer
  • someone who originates or causes or initiates something:generatorsource

Word family

26 related words
RelatedauthorityB1auteurauthorizationauthorshipauctorialauthorial
Derivedauthorcraftauthordomauthoressauthorhoodauthorishauthorismauthorlessauthorlikeauthorlingauthorlyauthor's editionauthor's pluralauthor's wecoauthorcorresponding authorhyperauthormultiauthornonauthoroverauthorreauthor

Collocations

5 patterns
  • the author of
  • author of this
  • favorite author
  • an an author
  • is the author

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
authenticateauthenticationauthenticityC2authoressauthoritarianauthoritarianism
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