authorship
noun
au·thor·ship
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Definition of authorship
1
: the profession of writing
2
: the source (such as the author) of a piece of writing, music, or art
3
: the state or act of writing, creating, or causing
Examples of authorship in a Sentence
His first attempt at authorship failed.
Recent Examples on the Web
There are contemporary witnesses to Susan’s authorship of The Mind of the Moralist. — Benjamin Moser, Harper's magazine, "Regarding the Pen of Others," 19 Aug. 2019 This will hardly be Clinton's first foray into authorship. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "Here's What Hillary Clinton Is Doing Now," 7 Aug. 2019 With that comes some authorship in where the league goes next. — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, "A New Era for the Warriors Means a New Era for the NBA," 18 July 2019 Prince, who died Wednesday at age 91, directed a series of groundbreaking shows whose productions were inseparable from their authorship. — Los Angeles Times, "Appreciation: From ‘Cabaret’ to ‘Phantom of the Opera,’ Hal Prince made the musical modern," 31 July 2019 The origin and authorship of the peculiar paperback-sized Voynich Manuscript, now kept at a Yale University library of rare books, are unknown. — John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, "Voynich Manuscript: Did Bay Area researchers decipher mysterious medieval book?," 12 July 2019 Under the threat of withdrawing the papers altogether, your old employers are trying to dilute your authorship. — New York Times, "What Should I Do About My Racially Obtuse Co-Worker?," 2 July 2019 There’s an irresistible tactility to typing on a typewriter, a satisfying sound, a feeling of authentic authorship. — Katherine Roth, Twin Cities, "Clickety clack, let’s look back: Typewriters return," 14 July 2019 Performing The Beatles song catalogue from memory, Jack takes credit for authorship. — Armond White, National Review, "Yesterday Is Cynical, Fake Nostalgia," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'authorship.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for authorship
authorship
noun
English Language Learners Definition of authorship
: the identity of the person who has written something
: the job or profession of writing
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authorship
noun
au·thor·ship
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Kids Definition of authorship
: the profession of writing
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