Authorship — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of creating written works

the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈeɪswɜːk/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɔːθəʃˌɪp/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɔːθəʃˌɪp/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈeɪswɜːk/.

Examples

writing was a form of therapy for him
it was a matter of disputed authorship
the authorship of the theory is disputed

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

composition paternity penning writing

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of creating written works “writing was a form of therapy for him”
noun	the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing “the authorship of the theory is disputed”

Word Forms

write	verb	produce a literary work
author	noun	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
compose	verb	produce a literary work
pen	verb	produce a literary work

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Urheberschaft

der Akt der Erstellung schriftlicher Werke

🇫🇷French

paternité

l'acte de créer des œuvres écrites

🇪🇸Spanish

paternidad literaria

el acto de crear obras escritas

🇮🇹Italian

paternità

l'atto di creare opere scritte

🇳🇱Dutch

auteurschap

de handeling van het creëren van geschreven werken

🇵🇹Portuguese

autoria

o ato de criar obras escritas

🇷🇺Russian

авторство

акт создания письменных произведений

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ग्रन्थकारिता

लिखित कार्य बनाने का कार्य

🇧🇩Bengali

লেখকত্ব

লিখিত কাজ তৈরির কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

ஆசிரியர்

எழுதப்பட்ட படைப்புகளை உருவாக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

కర్తృత్వం

వ్రాతపూర్వక రచనలను సృష్టించే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

लेखकत्व

लिखित कामे तयार करण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

લેખકત્વ

લેખિત કાર્યો બનાવવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕರ್ತೃತ್ವ

ಲಿಖಿತ ಕೃತಿಗಳನ್ನು ರಚಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കർത്തൃത്വം

എഴുതിയ കൃതികൾ സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲੇਖਕ

ਲਿਖਤੀ ਕੰਮ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

تصنیف

تحریری کام تخلیق کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

作者身份

创作书面作品的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

著者名

書かれた著作物を作成する行為

🇰🇷Korean

원작자

저작물을 창작하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quyền tác giả

hành động tạo ra tác phẩm viết

🇹🇭Thai

การประพันธ์

การสร้างสรรค์งานเขียน

🇮🇩Indonesian

kepengarangan

tindakan menciptakan karya tulis

🇵🇭Filipino

pagiging may-akda

ang gawa ng paglikha ng mga nakasulat na gawa

🇲🇾Malay

kepengarangan

perbuatan mencipta karya bertulis

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تأليف

فعل إنشاء أعمال مكتوبة

🇮🇷Persian

نویسندگی

عمل خلق آثار مکتوب

🇹🇷Turkish

yazarlık

yazılı eserler yaratma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מחבר

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The primary meaning of 'authorship' is 'the act of creating written works'.

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