AUTHOR


Meaning of AUTHOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɔ:θə(r) ]

( authors)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.

...Jill Phillips, author of the book ‘Give Your Child Music’.

N-COUNT : oft N of n

2.

An author is a person whose job is writing books.

Haruki Murakami is Japan’s best-selling author.

N-COUNT

3.

The author of a plan or proposal is the person who thinks of it and works out the details.

The authors of the plan believe they can reach this point within about two years.

N-COUNT : N of n

4.

see also co-author

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