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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024au•thor /ˈɔθɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Literaturesomeone who creates a book, article, etc.;
writer. - Computingthe writer of a software program.
- the maker of anything;
creator: the author of the new tax plan. v. [~ + object] - Literatureto be the author of:to author a novel.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024au•thor (ô′thər),USA pronunciation n. - Literaturea person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- Literaturethe literary production or productions of a writer:to find a passage in an author.
- the maker of anything;
creator;
originator:the author of a new tax plan. - Computingthe writer of a software program, esp. a hypertext or multimedia application.
v.t. - Literatureto write;
be the author of:He authored a history of the Civil War. - to originate;
create a design for:She authored a new system for teaching chemistry.
- Latin, as above
- Anglo-French, for Old French autor
- Latin auctor writer, progenitor, equivalent. to aug(ēre) to increase, augment + -tor -tor; replacing Middle English auto(u)r
- earlier auct(h)or 1250–1300
+ n. - Computingthe writer of a software program, esp. a hypertext or multimedia application.
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