Author — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

someone who originates or causes or initiates something

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈeɪsi/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɔːθəɹ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɔːθəɹ/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈeɪsi/.

Examples

he was the generator of several complaints
She authored this play

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

generator writer source

Parts of Speech

noun	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
noun	someone who originates or causes or initiates something “he was the generator of several complaints”
verb	be the author of “She authored this play”

Word Forms

write	verb	have (one's written work) issued for publication
auctorial	adjective	of or by or typical of an author
authorial	adjective	of or by or typical of an author
authorship	noun	the act of creating written works
author	verb	be the author of
generate	verb	bring into existence
author	noun	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Autor

schreibt (Bücher oder Geschichten oder Artikel oder ähnliches) professionell (gegen Bezahlung)

🇫🇷French

auteur

écrit (des livres, des histoires, des articles ou autres) de manière professionnelle (contre rémunération)

🇪🇸Spanish

autor

escribe (libros, historias, artículos o similares) profesionalmente (por una remuneración)

🇮🇹Italian

autore

scrive (libri, racconti, articoli o simili) in modo professionale (a pagamento)

🇳🇱Dutch

auteur

schrijft (boeken of verhalen of artikelen en dergelijke) professioneel (tegen betaling)

🇵🇹Portuguese

autor

escreve (livros, histórias, artigos ou similares) profissionalmente (por remuneração)

🇷🇺Russian

автор

пишет (книги, рассказы, статьи и т.п.) профессионально (за плату)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लेखक

व्यावसायिक रूप से (वेतन के लिए) लिखता है (किताबें या कहानियाँ या लेख या इसी तरह)

🇧🇩Bengali

লেখক

লেখেন (বই বা গল্প বা নিবন্ধ বা মত) পেশাগতভাবে (বেতনের জন্য)

🇮🇳Tamil

ஆசிரியர்

தொழில் ரீதியாக எழுதுவது (புத்தகங்கள் அல்லது கதைகள் அல்லது கட்டுரைகள் போன்றவை)

🇮🇳Telugu

రచయిత

వృత్తిపరంగా వ్రాస్తాడు (పుస్తకాలు లేదా కథలు లేదా వ్యాసాలు లేదా వంటివి) (చెల్లింపు కోసం)

🇮🇳Marathi

लेखक

व्यावसायिकरित्या (पुस्तके किंवा कथा किंवा लेख किंवा यासारखे) लिहितात (पगारासाठी)

🇮🇳Gujarati

લેખક

વ્યવસાયિક રીતે (પુસ્તકો અથવા વાર્તાઓ અથવા લેખો અથવા તેના જેવા) લખે છે (પગાર માટે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಲೇಖಕ

ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ (ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಕಥೆಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಲೇಖನಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಹಾಗೆ) ವೃತ್ತಿಪರವಾಗಿ (ವೇತನಕ್ಕಾಗಿ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

രചയിതാവ്

പ്രൊഫഷണലായി (പുസ്‌തകങ്ങളോ കഥകളോ ലേഖനങ്ങളോ മറ്റും) എഴുതുന്നു (വേതനത്തിന്)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲੇਖਕ

ਪੇਸ਼ੇਵਰ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਲਿਖਦਾ ਹੈ (ਕਿਤਾਬਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਲੇਖ ਜਾਂ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ) (ਤਨਖਾਹ ਲਈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

مصنف

پیشہ ورانہ طور پر لکھتا ہے (کتابیں یا کہانیاں یا مضامین یا اس طرح)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

作者

专业写作（书籍、故事或文章等）（有偿）

🇯🇵Japanese

著者

専門的に（有料で）（本、小説、記事など）を書く

🇰🇷Korean

작가

전문적으로 (유료로) (책이나 이야기, 기사 등을) 씁니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tác giả

viết (sách, truyện, bài báo hoặc những thứ tương tự) một cách chuyên nghiệp (được trả tiền)

🇹🇭Thai

ผู้เขียน

เขียน (หนังสือหรือเรื่องราวหรือบทความหรือสิ่งที่คล้ายกัน) อย่างมืออาชีพ (เพื่อรับค่าจ้าง)

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengarang

menulis (buku atau cerita atau artikel atau sejenisnya) secara profesional (dibayar)

🇵🇭Filipino

may-akda

nagsusulat (mga aklat o kwento o artikulo o katulad nito) nang propesyonal (para sa bayad)

🇲🇾Malay

pengarang

menulis (buku atau cerita atau artikel atau seumpamanya) secara profesional (untuk gaji)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مؤلف

يكتب (كتب أو قصص أو مقالات أو ما شابه) بشكل احترافي (مقابل أجر)

🇮🇷Persian

نویسنده

می نویسد (کتاب یا داستان یا مقاله یا مانند آن) به صورت حرفه ای (در قبال پرداخت)

🇹🇷Turkish

yazar

profesyonel olarak (ücret karşılığında) yazar (kitap, hikaye, makale veya benzeri)

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְחַבֵּר

כותב (ספרים או סיפורים או מאמרים וכדומה) בצורה מקצועית (בתשלום)

Test Yourself1 / 3

What is the primary definition of the word 'author'?

The primary meaning of 'author' is 'writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'author' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'author' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'author' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'author' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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Do you find 'author' easy to spell?

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