author

author
1. n автор, писатель

joint author — соавтор

main author — первый автор

heavy author — скучный автор

contested author — спорный автор

prosy author — скучный писатель

2. n произведения автора

to find a quotation in an author — найти цитату в одном из произведений автора

untried author — неизвестный автор

composite author — коллектив авторов

corporate author — коллектив авторов

author of repute — автор с репутацией

presumed author — предполагаемый автор

3. n творец, создатель

the author of a theory — создатель теории

4. n инициатор, виновник

author of mischief — дух зла, сатана

5. n рел. бог, творец
6. v быть автором , написать

who authored this play? — кто автор этой пьесы?, кто написал эту пьесу?

best-selling author — автор бестселлера

attributed author — предполагаемый автор

author of an invention — автор изобретения

to slate an author — раскритиковать автора

to criticize an author — критиковать автора

7. v создать, составить; изобрести
Синонимический ряд:
1. father (noun) architect; composer; creator; designer; father; founder; framer; generator; initiator; inventor; maker; organizer; originator; parent; patriarch; producer; sire
2. writer (noun) artist; dramatist; essayist; littйrateur; novelist; playwright; poet; script writer; writer
3. formulate (verb) formulate
4. pen (verb) draft; pen; publish; write

English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.

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  • author — I (originator) noun architect, auctor, begetter, causer, composer, contriver, creator, deviser, discoverer, effecter, fabricator, founder, generator, inaugurator, initiator, innovater, institutor, introducer, inventor, maker, manufacturer,… …   Law dictionary

  • author — Ⅰ. author UK US /ˈɔːθər/ noun [C] ► the writer of a book, article, etc.: »He is a best selling author. »The author of the report said his findings were very worrying. ► a person who begins or creates something: »The authors of the proposal want… …   Financial and business terms

  • author — 1. noun. An author is a male or a female writer; authoress is widely regarded as depreciatory or even offensive. when used by men, although women writers still use it occasionally of themselves • (The authoress would like to dedicate this story… …   Modern English usage

  • author — [ô′thər] n. [ME autour < OFr autor < L auctor, enlarger, author < augere, to increase: see WAX2] 1. a person who makes or originates something; creator; originator [“author of liberty”] 2. a writer of a book, article, etc.; often specif …   English World dictionary

  • Author — Au thor ([add] th[ e]r), n. [OE. authour, autour, OF. autor, F. auteur, fr. L. auctor, sometimes, but erroneously, written autor or author, fr. augere to increase, to produce. See {Auction}, n.] 1. The beginner, former, or first mover of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Author — Au thor ([add] th[ e]r), v. t. 1. To occasion; to originate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] More of him I dare not author. Massinger.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • author — ► NOUN 1) a writer of a book or article. 2) a person who originates a plan or idea. ► VERB ▪ be the author of. DERIVATIVES authoress noun authorial adjective authorship noun …   English terms dictionary

  • author — 1 *maker, creator 2 *writer, composer …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • author — [n] composer of written work biographer, columnist, composer, creator, essayist, ghost, ghostwriter, ink slinger*, journalist, originator, playwright, poet, producer, prose writer, reporter, scribbler*, scribe, scripter, word slinger*, wordsmith …   New thesaurus

  • Author — Authorship redirects here. For the use in academia, see Academic authorship. For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). An author is broadly defined as the person who originates or gives existence to anything and that authorship determines… …   Wikipedia

  • author — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ best selling ▪ prolific ▪ famous, well known ▪ published ▪ Her ambition was to become a published …   Collocations dictionary


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