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noun
The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: authorhood
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The source; the origin; the origination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: paternity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
noun
the act of creating written works
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: writing, composition, penning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: verbal creation
Narrower terms: adoxography, drafting, dramatization, dramatisation, fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation, historiography, metrification, novelization, novelisation, redaction, lexicography, versification
History
Etymology tree English author Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English authorship From author + -ship.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
