author
/ˈɔ.θɚ/noun, verb2 syllables
Author means: someone who originates or causes or initiates something.
Synonyms for author8
noun, as in writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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