Meaning of "author" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AUTHOR

From Old French autor, from Latin auctor author, from augēre to increase.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AUTHOR

author  [ˈɔːθə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUTHOR

Author is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb author in English.

WHAT DOES AUTHOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Author

An author is broadly defined as "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work and can also be described as a writer.

Definition of author in the English dictionary

The first definition of author in the dictionary is a person who composes a book, article, or other written work related adjective auctorial. Other definition of author is a person who writes books as a profession; writer. Author is also the writings of such a person.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO AUTHOR

PRESENT

Present

I author

you author

he/she/it authors

we author

you author

they author

Present continuous

I am authoring

you are authoring

he/she/it is authoring

we are authoring

you are authoring

they are authoring

Present perfect

I have authored

you have authored

he/she/it has authored

we have authored

you have authored

they have authored

Present perfect continuous

I have been authoring

you have been authoring

he/she/it has been authoring

we have been authoring

you have been authoring

they have been authoring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I authored

you authored

he/she/it authored

we authored

you authored

they authored

Past continuous

I was authoring

you were authoring

he/she/it was authoring

we were authoring

you were authoring

they were authoring

Past perfect

I had authored

you had authored

he/she/it had authored

we had authored

you had authored

they had authored

Past perfect continuous

I had been authoring

you had been authoring

he/she/it had been authoring

we had been authoring

you had been authoring

they had been authoring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will author

you will author

he/she/it will author

we will author

you will author

they will author

Future continuous

I will be authoring

you will be authoring

he/she/it will be authoring

we will be authoring

you will be authoring

they will be authoring

Future perfect

I will have authored

you will have authored

he/she/it will have authored

we will have authored

you will have authored

they will have authored

Future perfect continuous

I will have been authoring

you will have been authoring

he/she/it will have been authoring

we will have been authoring

you will have been authoring

they will have been authoring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would author

you would author

he/she/it would author

we would author

you would author

they would author

Conditional continuous

I would be authoring

you would be authoring

he/she/it would be authoring

we would be authoring

you would be authoring

they would be authoring

Conditional perfect

I would have author

you would have author

he/she/it would have author

we would have author

you would have author

they would have author

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been authoring

you would have been authoring

he/she/it would have been authoring

we would have been authoring

you would have been authoring

they would have been authoring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you author
we let´s author
you author

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to author

Past participle

authored

Present Participle

authoring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «AUTHOR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «author» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of author

architect · begetter · columnist · composer · creator · designer · doer · essayist · fabricator · father · founder · framer · hack · initiator · inventor · maker · mother · mover · novelist · originator · parent · penpusher · planner · prime mover · producer · scribbler · scribe · wordsmith · writer

TRANSLATION OF AUTHOR

Find out the translation of author to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of author from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «author» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 作者
• Translator English - Spanish: autor
• English: author
• Translator English - Hindi: लेखक
• Translator English - Arabic: مُؤَلِّف
• Translator English - Russian: автор
• Translator English - Portuguese: autor
• Translator English - Bengali: authigenic
• Translator English - French: auteur
• Translator English - Malay: Authigenic
• Translator English - German: Autor
• Translator English - Japanese: 著者
• Translator English - Korean: 저자
• Translator English - Javanese: Authigenic
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tác giả
• Translator English - Tamil: authigenic
• Translator English - Marathi: ऑथिडिएनिक
• Translator English - Turkish: otijenik
• Translator English - Italian: autore
• Translator English - Polish: autor
• Translator English - Ukrainian: автор
• Translator English - Romanian: autor
• Translator English - Greek: συγγραφέας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skrywer
• Translator English - Swedish: författare
• Translator English - Norwegian: forfatter

10 QUOTES WITH «AUTHOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word author.

1

Brooks Adams

The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand.

2

Simon Armitage

Somebody will be able to crack ebook files in the same way that people cracked music files a decade ago. An author could have worked for three years on his book, have someone buy it for their Kindle for £6.99 and then see it shared with everyone in the world for free.

3

Edward St Aubyn

I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writing. And they're not necessarily friends. The writer is the one I want to reinforce; the author would just feed on the reviews - so I'm in favour of starving him.

4

Avi

I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon,' that book and its author made an enormous impression on me as a reader and a writer, and led me to other hard-boiled American writers like Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald, among many.

5

Pat Barker

Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.

6

Pierre Bayle

There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.

7

Craig Brown

The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a suspect might think. Instead, they treat the reader as an intelligent friend, and describe the book as honestly, and as entertainingly, as possible.

8

Cathy Marie Buchanan

I'm very comfortable with tweeting, I have a very active author Facebook page, I Skype book clubs all over the world.

9

Roman Coppola

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

10

Sloane Crosley

For me, titles are either a natural two-second experience or stressful enough to give you an ulcer. If they don't pop out perfect on the first try, they can be really hard to repair. Or, worse, if the author thinks they pop out perfect, but the publishing house does not agree, it's difficult to shift gears. And then? Then you go insane.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUTHOR»

Discover the use of author in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to author and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Author: A True Story

So begins the story of Helen Lester, author of Tacky the Penguin and many other popular books for children. By sharing her struggles as a child and later as a successful author, she demonstrates that hurdles are part of the process.

Helen Lester, 2002

A to Z Mysteries: The Absent Author

Each book includes a map and a letter from the author. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries! From the Trade Paperback edition.

Ron Roy, 2009

The Death and Return of the Author: Criticism and ...

In a revised and updated version of this popular book, Seán Burke provides the first detailed explanation of anti-authorialism and shows how the attempt to abolish the author is fundamentally untenable.

Seán Burke, 1998

Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author

The illusion that ethnography is a matter of sorting strange and irregular facts into familiar and orderly categories—this is magic, that is technology—has long since been exploded.

Clifford Geertz, 1988

Author, Reader, Book: Medieval Authorship in Theory and Practice

Incorporating several kinds of scholarship on medieval authorship, the essays examine interrelated questions raised by the relationship between an author and a reader, the relationships between authors and their antecedents, and the ways in ...

Stephen Partridge, Erik Kwakkel, 2012

The Translator as Author: Perspectives on Literary ...

This volume is a collection of studies on the issue of authorship in translation. Leading translation scholars and professional translators discuss the theoretical implications and applicability of the author-translator paradigm.

Claudia Buffagni, Beatrice Garzelli, Serenella Zanotti, 2011

The Deaths of the Author: Reading and Writing in Time

DIVThrough close readings of Barthes, Derrida, Sedgwick, and Spivak, Jane Gallop connects the theoretical death of the author to the writer s literal death, as well as other authorial deaths, such as obsolescence./div

Jane Gallop, 2011

J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century

' Written in a clear and accessible style, 'Tolkien: Author of the Century' reveals why all of these books will be timeless, and shows how even such complex works as The Silmarillion can be read enjoyably.

Tom Shippey, 2011

The Return of the Author

This work traces the debate of biographical criticism.

Eugen Simion, James W. Newcomb, 1996

From Revolution to Reform: A Comparative Study of China and ...

In From Revolution to Reform, He Li examines political and economic transformation in China and Mexico, from the Mexican and Chinese revolutions at the beginning of the 20th century, to economic reforms and political liberalization in ...

He Li, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUTHOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term author is used in the context of the following news items.

The Potato Eater: A Gripping New Read by Best-Selling Author …

Alison Leslie Gold, the international best selling author of Remembering Anne Frank, has made a name for herself by not shying away from ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Blackout author Sarah Hepola spurs the conversation about alcohol …

Coming to after another “rager” left her blackout drunk, Sarah Hepola would joke about creating a new TV show: CSI: Hangover. Armed with ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»

Author events on Long Island, week of July 5

Tuesday, July 7. Lucy Sykes, co-author of "The Knockoff" with Jo Piazza, signs copies of the novel. At 7 p.m., BookHampton, 41 Main St., East ... «Newsday, Jul 15»

Free school visits 'one of the worst things an author can do'

Joe Craig [pictured], author of the Jimmy Coates series (HarperCollins Children's), said a “couple of years” ago he began noticing that “school ... «The Bookseller, Jul 15»

Author Babette Cole attacked by rampaging cows in scenes that …

In scenes described as 'like a horror film', a herd of rampaging cows savagely attacked a children's author, leaving her 'ready to die'. «Metro, Jul 15»

Local author releases book detailing 5 years spent in prison abroad

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – A local author releases a book detailing her experience after spending five years in a prison in Ecuador. On July 5, 1995 ... «WATE 6 On Your Side, Jul 15»

AFMW: Brandon Webb, Author & Former Navy SEAL

The former Navy SEAL sniper and New York Times best-selling author sits down with FOX News Radio's Tonya J. Powers to discuss his book ... «FOX News Radio, Jul 15»

Police undertaking to Dirty Politics author Nicky Hager allegedly …

Police broke their undertaking not to use information seized from the home of Dirty Politics author Nicky Hager, the investigative journalist's ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

Author to talk about 1913 baseball game in Blue Rapids

Jim Elfers, author of “The Tour to End All Tours,” will talk about the 1913 world tour of the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox that made a ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Jul 15»

Robots to take most jobs, author says

But the software entrepreneur and author of the recently released Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, published ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»