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author

/ˈɔ.θɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Author means: someone who originates or causes or initiates something.

Synonyms for author8

noun, as in someone who originates or causes or initiates something

noun, as in writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

also used for author

bookwright, creator, artist, subcreator, fabulator

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does author mean?3

noun

1

someone who originates or causes or initiates something“he was the generator of several complaints”

2

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

verb

1

be the author of“She authored this play”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Author in a sentence

  • Whoever the book's author might be, he must be a great writer.keira_n
  • Many years later, the author added two more chapters to the novel.CM
  • Don't write extra information, such as the name of the author, within the sentence.AlanF_US
  • Encouraged by the success, the author produced a new work.sundown
  • When writing poetry, the author likes to use alliterations.DJ_Saidez
  • The novel, the author of which is a famous singer, is selling well.unknown
  • He looks like an athlete, but he is in fact an author.sundown
  • In his autobiography, the author describes his mistake.tieguy

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of author

as a noun

plural
authors

as a verb

past tense
authored
present participle
authoring
third-person singular
authors
past participle
authored