Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, proscribed, sometimes)To create a work as its author.

    be the author of

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

3 languages

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

authors, authoring, authored, authored
Base formauthor · to author
3rd person singularauthors
Present participleauthoring
Past simpleauthored
Past participleauthored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyauthor
he, she, itauthors

Past simpleLesson

all personsauthored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave authored
he, she, ithas authored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill author

Word family

1 related words
Derivedauthorable

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
authenticateauthenticationauthenticityC2authoressauthoritarianauthoritarianism

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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