AUTHOR

[`ɔːθə]

автор; литератор, писатель, сочинитель

создатель, творец

виновник; инициатор

author: translation

▪ best-selling

▪ prolific

▪ famous, well-known

▪ published

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Her ambition was to become a published author.

▪ anonymous

▪

the anonymous author of this pamphlet

▪ children's

▪

Primarily a children's author, she has also written books for adults.

▪ contributing, joint (esp. BrE)

▪

He is a contributing author to many school textbooks.

▪ sole

▪ lead, senior (esp.AmE)

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the lead author of the report

▪ favourite/favorite

▪ read

▪

Stephen King is an author I've never read.

▪ cite, quote

▪ write (sth)

▪

The author was writing in the 17th century.

▪ argue sth, conclude sth, note sth, suggest sth

▪

The study's authors conclude that there is insufficient evidence to justify the policy.

Author is used with these nouns as the object: ↑article, ↑book, ↑paper

1. 1) автор, писатель

2) произведения автора

2.1) творец, создатель

2) инициатор, виновник (чего-л.)

3. (the Author) рел. бог, творец

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choose an author as you choose a friend - ≅ выбирай книгу (так), как выбираешь друга

1) быть автором (чего-л.), написать (что-л.)

2) создать, составить (план); изобрести (модель)

author: translation

actor, advertising writer, agent, ancestor, ancestors, annalist, apprentice, architect, art critic, artificer, artist, authoress, bear, beget, begetter, beginner, belletrist, bibliographer, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to effect, bring to pass, builder, catalyst, cause, causer, coauthor, collaborate, collaborator, columnist, compiler, compose, composer, conceive, conceiver, constructor, copywriter, craftsman, create, creative writer, creator, critic, dance critic, dash off, descanter, designer, deviser, diarist, discourser, discoverer, disquisitor, do, doer, drama critic, dramatist, editorialize, effect, effector, effectuate, encyclopedist, engender, engenderer, engineer, essayist, establish, executant, executor, executrix, expositor, fabricator, father, formulate, found, founder, framer, free lance, free-lance, free-lance writer, generate, generator, gestate, ghost, ghostwrite, ghostwriter, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, grower, humorist, inaugurate, inaugurator, indite, inditer, industrialist, initiator, inspirer, instigator, institute, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, knock off, knock out, literary artist, literary craftsman, literary critic, literary man, litterateur, logographer, magazine writer, make, maker, man of letters, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, medium, monographer, monographist, mother, mover, music critic, newspaperman, novelettist, novelist, novelize, occasion, operant, operative, operator, organizer, origin, originate, originator, pamphleteer, parent, past master, patriarch, penwoman, performer, perpetrator, planner, poet, practitioner, precursor, prepare, prime mover, primum mobile, procreator, produce, producer, prose writer, raiser, realize, realizer, reviewer, scenario writer, scenarist, scenarize, scribe, scriptwriter, set afloat, set on foot, set up, shaper, short-story writer, sire, smith, source, storyteller, subject, technical writer, throw on paper, tractation, word painter, wordsmith, work, worker, wright, write, writer

author: translation

author UK US /ˈɔːθə^r/ 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 it to be adopted immediately.

author UK US /ˈɔːθə^r/ verb [T]

► to write a book, article, etc.: »

She has authored a series of reports on the global energy crisis.

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The study was jointly authored by Smith and Wilks.

► to create something or formally suggest it: »

The Republican Congressman agreed to author the bill.