Word a Day
author
What does author mean?
author (noun): someone who writes books for a living.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce author?
/ˈɔθɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does author come from?
From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of author?
Words related to author
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “author”?
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What does “author” mean?
arrangement, disposition, or sequence
Not quite: that's what order means.
someone who writes books for a living
Right! That's what “author” means.
a pair who associate with one another
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the time period between dawn and noon
Not quite: that's what morning means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “author”?
season
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writer
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number
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school
Not quite: school means something else.
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