author

  • 11author — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ best selling ▪ prolific ▪ famous, well known ▪ published ▪ Her ambition was to become a published …

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  • 12Author — В этой статье слишком короткое вступление. Пожалуйста, дополните вводную секцию, кратко раскрывающую тему статьи и обобщающую её содержимое. Author …

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  • 13author — [[t]ɔ͟ːθə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ authors, authoring, authored 1) N COUNT: oft N of n The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it. ...Jill Phillips, author of the book Give Your Child Music ... 2) N COUNT An author is a person whose job is… …

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  • 14author — 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… …

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  • 15author — 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 …

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  • 16author — I UK [ˈɔːθə(r)] / US [ˈɔθər] noun [countable] Word forms author : singular author plural authors *** 1) a) someone who writes books, articles etc, especially as their job Nobel Prize winning author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn b) the person who writes …

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  • 17author — 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… …

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  • 18author — 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,… …

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  • 19author — {{11}}author (n.) c.1300, autor father, from O.Fr. auctor, acteor author, originator, creator, instigator (12c., Mod.Fr. auteur), from L. auctorem (nom. auctor) enlarger, founder, master, leader, lit. one who causes to grow, agent noun from… …

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  • 20author — au|thor1 [ ɔθər ] noun count *** 1. ) someone who writes books, articles, etc., especially as their job: Nobel Prize winning author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn a ) the person who writes a particular document or other piece of writing: the author of… …

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