author
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈɔː.θə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈɔ.θɚ//
- Vereinigte Staaten/[ˈɔ.θɚ] ~ [ˈɔ.θɹ̩]/
- Kanada//ˈɑ.θɚ/ ~ /ˈɒ.θɚ//
- Australien//ˈoː.θə//
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
Substantiv
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The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
The copyright of any original writing belongs initially and properly to its author.
Have you read any Corinthian authors?
This paper has three authors.
Eternal King; thee, Author of all being.
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The initial owner of the copyright to a work, especially a work made for hire or a work of corporate authorship.
The author named on the copyright registration for the Android robot is Google Inc.
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Someone who writes books for a living.
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veraltetPrincipal; the primary participant in a crime.
We hear […]of fratricidal murders, and stern reprisals on their authors.
Accomplices of a crime or an offence shall incur the same punishment as the authors of such a crime or offence, except when the law will have disposed otherwise.
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altertümlichOne's authority for something: an informant.
Let me inform you en passant, Ladies, that those Villains the Heathens, as my Authors tell me, (and I thought it wou'd^([sic]) not be amiss to communicate such a nice Observation to this House) used to call our Saviour Chrestus, and not Christus, by way of Contempt and Derision […]
'Wanting the hat,' continues my author, Kirstie, whom I but haltingly follow, for she told this tale like one inspired, 'wanting guns, for there wasna twa grains o' pouder in the house, wi' nae mair weepons than their sticks into their hands, the fower o' them took the road.
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übertragenThe creator or cause of anything.
The other, standing nearly head-on toward the hunters, had not proved so good a mark, and though every spear struck not one entered the great heart. For a moment the huge bull stood trumpeting in rage and pain, casting about with its little eyes for the author of its hurt.
Herkunft
From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). The h, also found in Middle French autheur, is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. The OED attributes the h to contamination by authentic. Doublet of auteur.
Verb
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To create a work as its author.
Formen
- Plural
- authors
- Präteritum
- authored
- Partizip II
- authored
- Partizip I
- authoring
- 3. Person Singular
- authors
author · The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
authorities · The bodies that have political or administrative power and…authority · Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or…authorization · An act of authorizing.