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Meaning of "ghostwrite" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GHOSTWRITE

ghostwrite  [ˈɡəʊstˌraɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GHOSTWRITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ghostwrite is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ghostwrite in English.

WHAT DOES GHOSTWRITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ghostwrite

Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is a writer who writes books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person. Celebrities, executives, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, magazine articles, or other written material. In music, ghostwriters are often used for writing songs and lyrics. Screenplay authors can also use ghost writers to either edit or rewrite their scripts in order to improve them, increasing their chances to be optioned or produced. Also, ghost writers may work on accompanying documents, such as treatments for screenplays. Ghostwriters may have varying degrees of involvement in the production of a finished work. Some ghostwriters are hired to edit and clean up a rough draft, others are hired to do most of the writing based on an outline provided by the credited author. For some projects, ghostwriters will do a substantial amount of research. Ghostwriters are also hired to write fiction in the style of an existing author, often as a way of increasing the number of books that can be published by a popular author.

Definition of ghostwrite in the English dictionary

The definition of ghostwrite in the dictionary is to write on behalf of a person who is then credited as author Often shortened to: ghost.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GHOSTWRITE

PRESENT

Present
I ghostwrite
you ghostwrite
he/she/it ghostwrites
we ghostwrite
you ghostwrite
they ghostwrite
Present continuous
I am ghostwriting
you are ghostwriting
he/she/it is ghostwriting
we are ghostwriting
you are ghostwriting
they are ghostwriting
Present perfect
I have ghostwritten
you have ghostwritten
he/she/it has ghostwritten
we have ghostwritten
you have ghostwritten
they have ghostwritten
Present perfect continuous
I have been ghostwriting
you have been ghostwriting
he/she/it has been ghostwriting
we have been ghostwriting
you have been ghostwriting
they have been ghostwriting
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 ghostwrote
you ghostwrote
he/she/it ghostwrote
we ghostwrote
you ghostwrote
they ghostwrote
Past continuous
I was ghostwriting
you were ghostwriting
he/she/it was ghostwriting
we were ghostwriting
you were ghostwriting
they were ghostwriting
Past perfect
I had ghostwritten
you had ghostwritten
he/she/it had ghostwritten
we had ghostwritten
you had ghostwritten
they had ghostwritten
Past perfect continuous
I had been ghostwriting
you had been ghostwriting
he/she/it had been ghostwriting
we had been ghostwriting
you had been ghostwriting
they had been ghostwriting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will ghostwrite
you will ghostwrite
he/she/it will ghostwrite
we will ghostwrite
you will ghostwrite
they will ghostwrite
Future continuous
I will be ghostwriting
you will be ghostwriting
he/she/it will be ghostwriting
we will be ghostwriting
you will be ghostwriting
they will be ghostwriting
Future perfect
I will have ghostwritten
you will have ghostwritten
he/she/it will have ghostwritten
we will have ghostwritten
you will have ghostwritten
they will have ghostwritten
Future perfect continuous
I will have been ghostwriting
you will have been ghostwriting
he/she/it will have been ghostwriting
we will have been ghostwriting
you will have been ghostwriting
they will have been ghostwriting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would ghostwrite
you would ghostwrite
he/she/it would ghostwrite
we would ghostwrite
you would ghostwrite
they would ghostwrite
Conditional continuous
I would be ghostwriting
you would be ghostwriting
he/she/it would be ghostwriting
we would be ghostwriting
you would be ghostwriting
they would be ghostwriting
Conditional perfect
I would have ghostwrite
you would have ghostwrite
he/she/it would have ghostwrite
we would have ghostwrite
you would have ghostwrite
they would have ghostwrite
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been ghostwriting
you would have been ghostwriting
he/she/it would have been ghostwriting
we would have been ghostwriting
you would have been ghostwriting
they would have been ghostwriting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you ghostwrite
we let´s ghostwrite
you ghostwrite
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to ghostwrite
Past participle
ghostwritten
Present Participle
ghostwriting
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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GHOSTWRITE


birthright
ˈbɜːθˌraɪt
cartwright
ˈkɑːtˌraɪt
copyright
ˈkɒpɪˌraɪt
cordierite
ˈkɔːdɪəˌraɪt
diorite
ˈdaɪəˌraɪt
downright
ˈdaʊnˌraɪt
forthright
ˈfɔːθˌraɪt
laterite
ˈlætəˌraɪt
meteorite
ˈmiːtɪəˌraɪt
millwright
ˈmɪlˌraɪt
outright
ˈaʊtˌraɪt
playwright
ˈpleɪˌraɪt
Plowright
ˈplaʊˌraɪt
siderite
ˈsaɪdəˌraɪt
sphalerite
ˈsfæləˌraɪt
sybarite
ˈsɪbəˌraɪt
underwrite
ˈʊndəˌraɪt
upright
ˈʌpˌraɪt
wainwright
ˈweɪnˌraɪt
wheelwright
ˈwiːlˌraɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GHOSTWRITE

ghost estate
ghost fishing
ghost gum
ghost image
ghost moth
ghost prisoner
ghost story
ghost town
ghost train
ghost word
ghost writer
ghostlier
ghostliest
ghostlike
ghostliness
ghostly
ghostwriting
ghostwritten
ghostwrote
ghosty

WORDS THAT END LIKE GHOSTWRITE

cowrite
favourite
ferrite
freewrite
handwrite
hypocrite
marguerite
miswrite
neurite
nitrite
outwrite
overwrite
rewrite
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skywrite
sprite
typewrite
unfavorite
unwrite
write

Synonyms and antonyms of ghostwrite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ghostwrite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GHOSTWRITE

Find out the translation of ghostwrite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ghostwrite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ghostwrite» in English.

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代笔
1,325 millions of speakers

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ghostwrite
570 millions of speakers

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ghostwrite
510 millions of speakers

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ghostwrite
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ghostwrite
280 millions of speakers

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ghostwrite
278 millions of speakers

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ghostwrite
270 millions of speakers

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ghostwrite
260 millions of speakers

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ghostwrite
220 millions of speakers

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Ghostwrite
190 millions of speakers

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ghostwrite
180 millions of speakers

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ghostwrite
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대작
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ghostwrite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ghostwrite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ghostwrite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भूतकाळात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

başkasının adına yazmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ghostwrite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ghostwrite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ghostwrite
40 millions of speakers

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ghostwrite
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ghostwrite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ghostwrite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ghostwrite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ghostwrite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ghostwrite

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GHOSTWRITE»

The term «ghostwrite» is normally little used and occupies the 132.216 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GHOSTWRITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ghostwrite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ghostwrite» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ghostwrite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GHOSTWRITE»

Discover the use of ghostwrite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ghostwrite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Working the Story: A Guide to Reporting and News Writing for ...
... understandability. • A book on the basics of speechwriting. • A. How. to. Ghostwrite. a. Speech. for. Your. CEO. Type of group (professional, political, religious, service, etc.) Date of. 200 Chapter 25. How to Ghostwrite a Speech for Your CEO.
Douglas Perret Starr, Deborah Williams Dunsford, 2014
2
What Colleges Don't Tell You (And Other Parents Don't Want ...
Sometimes a teacher who is overburdened and really knows and likes the kid, asks the kid to ghostwrite his or her own recommendation. And the teacher says he or she will sign it. This is one of the most difficult tasks. Parents are much more  ...
Elizabeth Wissner-Gross, 2007
3
101 Things to Do Before You're Five: The funny, bizarre and ...
GET. MUMMY. TO. GHOSTWRITE. YOUR. THANK-YOU. LETTERS. Grown-ups expect thank-you letters for gifts they've sent you, even though you're not old enough to hold a pen without stabbing yourself in the eye. Manners are important – if ...
Sally Norton, 2010
4
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
A prize-winning historian recasts the history of modern Europe around its central catastrophe: the fourteen million people killed by totalitarian regimes in the lands between Hitler and Stalin
Timothy Snyder, 2013
5
Ill-Gotten Gains: Evasion, Blackmail, Fraud, and Kindred ...
... the first calculus textbook.94 According to persistent rumors, something analogous happened when John F. Kennedy supposedly arranged for Theodore Sorensen and Arthur Schlesinger to ghostwrite Profiles in Courage for him, which then ...
Leo Katz, 1996
6
Write a Book--Change the World: Interviews with Business ...
AndI know thatyou also, for anadditional fee, you can actually ghostwrite the whole book. TIM: Thankyou for reminding meof that. VANESSA:Ifpeople don't feel comfortable actually getting their own words out of their headonto paper,you can  ...
Tim Morrison and Vanessa Lowry, Tim Morrison, 2014
7
Springing: New and Selected Poems
GHOST. WRITER. Irene onmytinylist of answersto despair I star your name But now I come to complain. Lately, you only ghostwrite. Able, serviceable, conscript Papers on liverfluke or cattlebone, Speeches on green research phrased For a ...
Marie Ponsot, 2013
8
Power Verbs: The Complete Collection
GHOSTWRITE (1) write somethingin another's name (1) She agreed to ghostwrite the governor's autobiography. JOURNAL (1) create a daily record of thoughts, impressions, and autobiographical information, oftenasa source of ideas for ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
9
Freelance Poker Writing: How to Make Money Writing for the ...
However, if you want to ghostwrite, it's hard to become recognizable if you plan to write a lot ghostwrites for clients. Guru.com is an excellent place to start and Elance.com is a good forum too (but it's expensive) for gaining projects. You will find ...
Brian Konradt, 2007
10
Dying Inside
“I ghostwrite term papers for Columbia men.” She ponders that a moment. “You sure have a weird head, man. I mean really: what do you do?” “I just told you.” A long digestive silence. Then: “Okay. I can dig it. You ghostwrite term papers. Look  ...
Robert Silverberg, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GHOSTWRITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ghostwrite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen review – William Gibson with …
It is a tale of two Cohens: one, the author, Joshua Cohen, who is hired to ghostwrite an autobiography for his tech billionaire namesake, largely ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
LA County supervisors move to consolidate power by weakening …
... as having their aides ghostwrite recommendations that were supposed to be coming from department heads. He added that some initiatives ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
Stop calling possessives 'possessive'
Well, he probably got someone to ghostwrite it for him. I'm not sure Donald has ever done a real day's work. But anyways, if you have a copy, ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Joshua Cohen's Book of Numbers Is Brilliant and Nearly Unbearable
In Joshua Cohen's new novel, Book of Numbers, a struggling writer named Joshua Cohen is hired to ghostwrite the autobiography of Joshua ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Creating a Legacyin Print
If Simon/Zef is engaged to ghostwrite a work, the client will interview biographers we work with until we are comfortable that we have selected ... «RisMedia.com, Jul 15»
6
Wallingford native grows fishing lure business with help from shark
A writer from Cornell University was hired by a New York-based literary agent to ghostwrite an autobiography of Myerson, he said. With the ... «Meriden Record-Journal, Jul 15»
7
Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen review – the guru and the …
Joshua Cohen's novel is about a writer called Joshua Cohen who is contracted to ghostwrite the autobiography of a tech billionaire called ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
'Book of Numbers,' by Joshua Cohen
For example, here's Principal, the reclusive Internet overlord whose memoir the fictional Cohen has been hired to ghostwrite, on his Palo Alto ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
'One Righteous Man': Arthur Browne on the struggle of the NYPD's …
Browne's book finishes a task originally assumed by Hughes, whose efforts to ghostwrite Battle's life story in the late 1940s is told in chapters ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
10
Want me to evaluate, edit, co-write, ghostwrite, or help you develop …
Hi, friends. If you have a book, story or essay that you'd like me to evaluate, edit, cowrite, ghostwrite, or help you to develop, I'm now taking on ... «Patheos, Jul 15»

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