Meaning of author in English

author

noun [ C ]

/ˈɔː.θər/ us

/ˈɑː.θɚ/

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the writer of a book, article, play, etc.:

He is the author of two books on French history.

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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

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Causing things to happen

author

verb [ T ]

/ˈɔː.θər/ us

/ˈɑː.θɚ/

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to write a book, article, etc.:

He has authored more than 30 books.

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to create something:

The deal is being authored by a Greek diplomat.

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Writing & typing

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Creating and producing

Inventing, designing and innovation

(Definition of author from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

author | American Dictionary

author

noun [ C ]

/ˈɔ·θər/

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a writer of a book, article, etc., or a person whose main job is writing books:

a talented young author

He is the author of seven books.

author

verb [ T ] us

/ˈɔ·θər/

Murphy authored the new legislation.

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author | Business English

author

noun [ C ]

/ˈɔːθər/ us

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the writer of a book, article, etc.:

He is a best-selling author.

The author of the report said his findings were very worrying.

a person who begins or creates something:

The authors of the proposal want it to be adopted immediately.

author

verb [ T ]

/ˈɔːθər/ us

to write a book, article, etc.:

She has authored a series of reports on the global energy crisis.

The study was jointly authored by Smith and Wilks.

to create something or formally suggest it:

The Republican Congressman agreed to author the bill.

(Definition of author from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of author

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The authors carefully motivate what they are attempting to accomplish in every section.

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According to the authors, a linguistic theory does not characterize the mental object of study but rather the regularities in its external behaviour.

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As the authors note, this is a preliminary study with a small data set, and more research should be carried out to substantiate their findings.

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The authors have gone to considerable lengths to add to the stock of data in the anglophone linguistics literature.

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The strengths of the individual chapters rest with the experience and knowledge of the authors.

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According the authors in this stimulating collection, the answer to such questions lies in the realm of the image.

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A final observation concerns the author's emphasis on the ' invisibility' of the monarch.

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The authors conclude the book by outlining criteria for successful border institutions.

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The authors propose new ways to study and understand social and labour history.

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The national cases and topics are very diverse and the authors sometimes resort to very different analytical and interpretative frameworks.

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However, the book's shortcoming is that it does not translate the author's admirable intentions into analysis.

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I will take two examples : their attitude to translations, and their manipulation of the author's marginalia.

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However, the performance information was supplied by the vendors and not confirmed by the authors.

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However, the authors also stress the limitations of the market-oriented model that all five republics are trying to emulate.

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The authors' perspective is a 'constructionist' one, seeing inquiries as providing accounts to satisfy institutional needs.

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accomplished author

He was also an accomplished author who wrote an extensive autobiography and other books.

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aspiring author

Parsons rejected his request in a harsh letter which implied that an aspiring author merely ' ' plays with his books, - and thinks he is working when he is only playing hard.

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best-selling author

Of course, if he were a best-selling author it might be £1,000.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

作者，作家, 著者, 發起者，始創人…

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