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The author signed a copy of her new book.
What does Author mean?
An author is someone who writes or creates a work.
Dictionary definition
An author is the person who writes a book, article, play, report, or other work. More formally, author can mean the person or group that creates or begins something. As a verb, to author means to write or create a work, plan, or formal proposal.
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Author in a sentence
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Three researchers are listed as authors of the report.
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The committee was the author of a new plan for the playground.
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Luis authored an article about protecting city trees.
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Two students coauthored the class guide.
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Practice 1
What does author mean in “The author answered questions about her novel” ?
Here, author names the person who created the written work.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses author as a verb?
After will, author is a verb meaning write or create.
Practice 3
Choose the best word: A writer who creates a book with someone else is a ____.
Coauthor names one of the people who jointly creates a written work.
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WordAuthor.
Partnoun, verb.
MeaningAuthor means An author is someone who writes or creates a work.
ExampleExample: The author signed a copy of her new book.
Word breakdown
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- Syllables
- aw · ther
- Strongest beat
- aw
- Ending
- ther
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on aw.
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Synonyms
Words like Author
writerThe closest match for a person who writes a book, article, play, or other text.
creatorClose when author means the person or group that made or began a work or plan.
originatorA formal match for the person who first creates an idea, plan, or action.
composeClose to the verb author when it means to write a text carefully.
Antonym review
Does Author have an opposite?
Author has no direct opposite. Reader, editor, publisher, and audience name different roles connected with a work, not opposite roles.
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Word family
Author word family
Base word
author
noun
authors
More than one author, or the present-tense verb used with he, she, or it.
verb
authored
Wrote or created a work in the past.
noun
authoring
The process of writing or creating a work.
noun
authorship
The identity, role, or work of an author.
adjective
authorial
Related to an author or the choices an author makes.
noun
coauthor
One of two or more people who create a work together.
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Understand Author
Hint for students
Look for the person or group responsible for writing or creating the work, not a character or the company that prints it.
Common mix-up
The author creates the work, but the narrator is the voice telling a story and may be fictional. An editor improves the work, a publisher produces or distributes it, and a reader receives it. These roles are related, not opposites.
Try it in class or at home
Give students a book title page and a short publishing description. Ask them to label author, illustrator, editor, and publisher, then use author once as a noun and once as a verb.
Teacher prompt
Compare the author, narrator, editor, publisher, and reader of one book. What job does each person or voice have?
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