ghostwrite
verb /ˈɡəʊstraɪt/
/ˈɡəʊstraɪt/
(also ghost)
[transitive, often passive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ghostwrite | /ˈɡəʊstraɪt/ /ˈɡəʊstraɪt/ |
| he / she / it ghostwrites | /ˈɡəʊstraɪts/ /ˈɡəʊstraɪts/ |
| past simple ghostwrote | /ˈɡəʊstrəʊt/ /ˈɡəʊstrəʊt/ |
| past participle ghostwritten | /ˈɡəʊstrɪtn/ /ˈɡəʊstrɪtn/ |
| -ing form ghostwriting | /ˈɡəʊstraɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɡəʊstraɪtɪŋ/ |
- to write a book, an article, etc. for another person who publishes it as their own work
- be ghostwritten Her memoirs were ghostwritten.