author — I (originator) noun architect, auctor, begetter, causer, composer, contriver, creator, deviser, discoverer, effecter, fabricator, founder, generator, inaugurator, initiator, innovater, institutor, introducer, inventor, maker, manufacturer,… … Law dictionary
author — Ⅰ. author UK US /ˈɔːθər/ noun [C] ► 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… … Financial and business terms
Author — Au thor ([add] th[ e]r), n. [OE. authour, autour, OF. autor, F. auteur, fr. L. auctor, sometimes, but erroneously, written autor or author, fr. augere to increase, to produce. See {Auction}, n.] 1. The beginner, former, or first mover of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Author — Au thor ([add] th[ e]r), v. t. 1. To occasion; to originate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] More of him I dare not author. Massinger.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Author — Authorship redirects here. For the use in academia, see Academic authorship. For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). An author is broadly defined as the person who originates or gives existence to anything and that authorship determines… … Wikipedia
Author — В этой статье слишком короткое вступление. Пожалуйста, дополните вводную секцию, кратко раскрывающую тему статьи и обобщающую её содержимое. Author … Википедия
author — 01. I d like to meet the [author] of this book. She must be a fascinating person to talk to. 02. Mark Twain is one of this country s most celebrated [authors]. 03. According to the [authors], the book is based on fact. 04. We got our book signed… … Grammatical examples in English
author — au|thor1 W2 [ˈo:θə US ˈo:θər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old North French; Origin: auctour, from Latin auctor maker, writer , from augere; AUGMENT] 1.) someone who has written a book = ↑writer ▪ Nothomb is a Belgian author. author of … Dictionary of contemporary English
author — authorial /aw thawr ee euhl, aw thohr /, adj. authorless, adj. /aw theuhr/, n. 1. a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist. 2. the literary… … Universalium
author — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. creator, originator; writer, inventor. See production, writing, artist, cause. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who originates] Syn. inventor, originator, creator, architect, framer, artificer, discoverer,… … English dictionary for students
