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/ˈɔː.θə/ · noun
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.
During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
[Jean] Twenge […] isn’t necessarily a household name like her sometimes collaborator Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist and the author of the megahit “The Anxious Generation,” which has spent 75 weeks hovering near the top of the New York Times best-seller list.
"The cranium is clearly plesiomorphic in overall form, presenting primitive traits shared by earlier hominins," the authors wrote.
Use author when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Author means The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work..
Common synonyms include bookwright, creator, artist, subcreator.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The copyright of any original writing belongs initially and properly to its author.
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