{
    "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."
}