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authoring

au·thor·ing
A a

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [aw-ther-ing]
    • /ˈɔ θər ɪŋ/
    • /ˈɔː.θə.rɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [aw-ther-ing]
    • /ˈɔ θər ɪŋ/

Definitions of authoring word

  • uncountable noun authoring Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet. 3
  • noun authoring the creation of documents, esp multimedia documents 3
  • noun authoring (as modifier) 3
  • noun authoring a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist. 1
  • noun authoring the literary production or productions of a writer: to find a passage in an author. 1
  • noun authoring the maker of anything; creator; originator: the author of a new tax plan. 1

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Origin of authoring

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; earlier auct(h)or < Latin auctor writer, progenitor, equivalent to aug(ēre) to increase, augment + -tor -tor; replacing Middle English auto(u)r < Anglo-French, for Old French autor < Latin, as above

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Parts of speech for Authoring

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

authoring popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

authoring usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for authoring

noun authoring

  • manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
  • construction — Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges.
  • manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • bearing — Someone's bearing is the way in which they move or stand.

verb authoring

  • form — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
  • devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
  • set up — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
  • conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
  • invent — to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.

Antonyms for authoring

noun authoring

  • destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
  • ruinruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • taking — the act of taking.

verb authoring

  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
  • demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
  • wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
  • disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.

Top questions with authoring

  • who is credited with authoring the title ix bill?

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