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{
"term": "author",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person who writes books or the person who wrote a particular book",
"labels": "(US English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Who is your favourite author?"
},
{
"text": "He is the author of three books on art."
},
{
"text": "**best-selling author** Paul Theroux"
},
{
"text": "the **lead author** of the report"
},
{
"text": "the author of a novel/study/article"
},
{
"text": "Who's the author?"
},
{
"text": "According to report author Matt Blaze, the technique requires no special skill."
},
{
"text": "Really quick **author's note**: This is the last chapter of the story."
},
{
"text": "The film is based on a novel written by a French author."
},
{
"text": "The report's authors point to a recent study of American college students."
},
{
"text": "Her ambition was to become a published author."
},
{
"text": "Primarily a children's author, she has also written books for adults."
},
{
"text": "Scott is the author of ‘Waverley’."
},
{
"text": "Stephen King is an author I've never read."
},
{
"text": "The study's authors conclude that there is insufficient evidence to justify the policy."
},
{
"text": "the anonymous author of this pamphlet"
}
],
"topics": ["Literature and writing"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["best-selling", "prolific", "famous"],
"verb + author": ["read", "cite", "quote"],
"author + verb": [
"write (something)",
"argue something",
"conclude something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the person who creates or starts something, especially a plan or an idea",
"examples": [
{
"text": "As the author of the proposal I cannot agree with you."
},
{
"text": "He is the author of a plan to bring peace to the region."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːθə(r)/",
"audio": "au/author/author__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɔːθər/",
"audio": "au/author/author__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘a person who invents or causes something’): from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augere ‘increase, originate, promote’. The spelling with th arose in the 15th cent., and perhaps became established under the influence of authentic."
}