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I.au‧thor¹ W2 AC /ˈɔːθə $ ˈɒːθər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old North French; Origin: auctour, from Latin auctor 'maker, writer', from augere; ⇨ ↑augment]
1. someone who has written a book SYN writer:
Nothomb is a Belgian author.
author of
He was the author of two books on China.
It’s clear that the author is a woman.
2. formal the person who starts a plan or idea SYN initiator
author of
the author of the state reforms
—authorial /ɔːˈθɔːriəl $ ɒː-/ adjective [only before noun]
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COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
▪ a famous/well-known author The famous author Henry James lived here.
▪ a best-selling author Ian McEwan is a best-selling author.
▪ a children’s author the children’s author Roald Dahl
▪ your favourite author Who’s your favourite author?
▪ a prolific author (=one who writes many books) She is also a prolific author with more than 70 books published.
▪ a contributing author (=someone who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine, or who writes part of a book, report etc) Ms Gomez was a contributing author to Chapter 1 of the WG II Report.
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THESAURUS
▪ writer someone who writes books, stories, or articles in as a job: Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation. | a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazine | I always wanted to be a writer.
▪ author someone who writes books, especially works of literature, or someone who wrote a particular book: Among the guests was the author Salman Rushdie. | The author will be signing copies of his book. | He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.
▪ novelist someone who writes books about imaginary people or events: Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists. | the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
▪ poet someone who writes poems: a class studying the works of modern American poets
▪ playwright someone who writes plays: Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.
▪ dramatist someone who writes plays - used especially in literary writing, about playwrights in the past: the great French dramatist, Moliere
▪ scriptwriter (also screenwriter) someone who writes plays for films or television: Three or four scriptwriters work on the show.
▪ blogger someone who regularly writes about a particular subject on their own website: a travel blogger | a blogger who writes about the differences between American and British English
II.author² AC BrE AmE verb [transitive]
to be the writer of a book, report etc

authorhu

◎	['ɔ:θə]
※	danh từ
	■	tác giả
	■	người tạo ra, người gây ra
		☆	author of evil
			người gây ra các điều ác
	■	(tôn giáo) Đấng sáng tạo (Chúa)