adj · noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/
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General-American:/ˈɔtəɡɹæf/
General-American:[ˈɔɾəɡɹæf]
cot-caught-merger:/ˈɑtəɡɹæf/
cot-caught-merger:[ˈɑɾəɡɹæf]
CMU ARPABET:AO1 T AH0 G R AE2 F
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: art, arts
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Some autograph-hunters were pestering the players after the game.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person's signature used as a mark of formal approval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, colloquial
Examples
If you could just put your autograph on the ol’ contract, please...
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting; a handwritten copy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To write something in one's own handwriting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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8
noun
Meaning 8
a person's own signature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: John Hancock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: signature
9
noun
Meaning 9
something written by one's own hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writing, written material, piece of writing
Narrower terms: manuscript, holograph
10
verb
Meaning 10
mark with one's signature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The author autographed his book
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inscribe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sign
History
Etymology
From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.
Across languages
Translations
110 source translations are retained for this English entry.