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au·thor·ship
(ô′thər-shĭp′)n.
1. The act, fact, or occupation of writing.
2. Source or origin, as of a book or idea: a poem of disputed authorship.
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authorship
(ˈɔːθəˌʃɪp)n
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the origin or originator of a written work, plan, etc: a book of unknown authorship.
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the profession of writing books
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au•thor•ship
(ˈɔ θərˌʃɪp)n.
1. origin, esp. with reference to an author, creator, or producer of a work: to establish the authorship of a medieval poem.
2. the occupation or career of writing.
[1700–10]
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Noun | 1. | authorship - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" verbal creation - creating something by the use of speech and language adoxography - fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects; "Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things"; "adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers" drafting - writing a first version to be filled out and polished later dramatisation, dramatization - conversion into dramatic form; "the play was a dramatization of a short story" historiography - the writing of history metrification - writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition) novelisation, novelization - converting something into the form of a novel redaction - the act of putting something in writing lexicography - the act of writing dictionaries versification - the art or practice of writing verse indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter" paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher dash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off, knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess" rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools" write copy - write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar" author - be the author of; "She authored this play" co-author - be a co-author on (a book, a paper) ghostwrite, ghost - write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel" script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie" |
2. | authorship - the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" founding, instauration, origination, initiation, innovation, creation, institution, introduction, foundation - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" |
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Translations
تَأليف، كَون الشَّخْص كاتِباً
авторство
autorstvíspisovatelství
forfatterskab
autorstvo
szerzõség
ritstörf
autorstvo
yazarlık
authorship
[ˈɔːθəʃɪp] NCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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authorship
n
→ Autorschaft f, → Verfasserschaft f; of unknown authorship → eines unbekannten Autors or Verfassers; he claimed/denied authorship of the article → er bekannte/bestritt, den Artikel verfasst or geschrieben zu haben; there are disagreements as to the authorship of the play → der Autor des Stückes ist umstritten
(= occupation) → Schriftstellerberuf m
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author
(ˈoːθə) – feminine sometimes ˈauthoress – noun the writer of a book, article, play etc. He used to be a well-known author but his books are out of print now.
ˈauthorship noun the state or fact of being an author.
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