HOW TO PRONOUNCE
author
/ˈɔθɚ/
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Use the unvoiced “th” of “thin.”
Keep the th unvoiced as it leads into the lighter r-colored vowel, rather than using the th of this.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The author answered questions after the reading.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does author mean?
noun
- The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
- The initial owner of the copyright to a work, especially a work made for hire or a work of corporate authorship.
- Someone who writes books for a living.
More meanings (4)
noun
- (figuratively) The creator or cause of anything.
- (obsolete) Principal; the primary participant in a crime.
- (archaic) One's authority for something: an informant.
verb
- To create a work as its author.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɔθɚ/
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But the author of the Plays and Poems must have had a very large and a very accurate knowledge of the law.
We have a proof of this in the preface of the author to the reader with which the Mare au Diable begins.
More book examples (3)
The author of this little work is now experimenting, in order, if possible, to discover some more easy, artistic and unexceptionable method.
The author hopes she has done justice to that nobility, generosity, and humanity, which in many cases characterize individuals at the South.
“Mr. Stevens,” he said, referring to the author, “is preparing a little song, which he would like you to sing next week.”