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coauthor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Italic *augeō Latin augeō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin auctor Anglo-Norman autourbor. Middle English auctour English author English coauthor From co- + author.

Meanings

  1. An author who collaborates with another to write something.
    • In a 2022 paper, Dr. Baumert and his coauthors pointed out that the algorithms companies use to determine these scores are often proprietary and not scientifically vetted. 2023 November 29, Markham Heid, “The Truth About Sleep Trackers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2023:
    • “There is strong evidence that 76 known or potential breast carcinogens from food contact materials recently purchased all over the world can be found in people,” said study coauthor Jane Muncke, managing director and chief scientific officer at the Food Packaging Forum, a nonprofit foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, that focuses on science communication and research. 2024 September 24, Sandee LaMotte, “Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds”, in CNN:
    • Following this trail, we treat our sample coauthor network as a causal graph and, using SDP relaxations, rule out latent homophily as a manifestation of prior shared interest leading to the observed patternedness. 2016, Peter Wittek, Sándor Darányi, Gustaf Nelhans, “Ruling Out Static Latent Homophily in Citation Networks”, in arXiv:

Forms

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co-author alternative lexicographic
coauthors Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (38)

it coautrice (collaborating author) · sv medförfattare (collaborating author) · fi kanssakirjoittaja (collaborating author) · pl współtwórczyni (collaborating author) · ro coautoare (collaborating author) · ja 共著者 (collaborating author) · pt coautora (collaborating author) · de Co-Autor (collaborating author) · ko 공저자 (collaborating author) · lv līdzautors (collaborating author) · it coautore (collaborating author) · cmn 合著者 (collaborating author) · cs spoluautorka (collaborating author) · pt coautor (collaborating author) · de Mitverfasser (collaborating author) · ro coautor (collaborating author) · es coautor (collaborating author) · pl współautor (collaborating author) · bg съавтор (collaborating author) · lt bendraautoris (collaborating author) · tl kamay-akda (collaborating author) · ru соа́втор (collaborating author) · pl współautorka (collaborating author) · de Co-Autorin (collaborating author) · fr coautrice (collaborating author) · be саа́ўтар (collaborating author) · fr coauteur (collaborating author) · ca coautor (collaborating author) · de Mitverfasserin (collaborating author) · uk співа́втор (collaborating author) · de Mitautorin (collaborating author) · lv līdzautore (collaborating author) · cy cydawdur (collaborating author) · de Mitautor (collaborating author) · pl współtwórca (collaborating author) · cs spoluautor (collaborating author) · hu társszerző (collaborating author) · es coautora (collaborating author)

coauthor en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Italic *augeō Latin augeō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin auctor Anglo-Norman autourbor. Middle English auctour English author English coauthor From co- + author.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To write something in collaboration with another author.
    • My intent in writing this book, as was the case in coauthoring Unfit for Command, is to fully document all arguments and contentions I make, extensively footnoting all references, so readers can determine for themselves the truth and validity of the factual claims. 2008 August 12, Jerome R. Corsi, “‘The Obama Nation’”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2013:
    • “It’s a positive outcome if you don’t have to live together after you’ve broken up,” said Natasha Pilkauskas, an associate professor at the University of Michigan who coauthored the study. “It allows people to live in the way they want to be living.” 2024 August 15, Jill Terreri Ramos, “The Federal Child Tax Credit Allowed Some Parents to Go It Alone”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2024:
    • Almost immediately after the video went semiviral, activist Rosa Clemente mobilized a group of women of color to coauthor and sign a statement denouncing the video, calling for XXL to feature anti–sexual violence content and demanding the firing of then–XXL editor-in-chief, Vanessa Satten.⁴² 2023, Treva B. Lindsey, “Up against the Wind: Intracommunal Violence”, in America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice, Oakland, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 134:

Forms

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co-author alternative lexicographic
coauthoring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coauthors Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
coauthored Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coauthored Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (6)

cy cydysgrifennu (to write in collaboration with another author) · fr coécrire (to write in collaboration with another author) · fi kirjoittaa jonkun kanssa (to write in collaboration with another author) · pl współtworzyć (to write in collaboration with another author) · cmn 合著 (to write in collaboration with another author) · fi olla mukana kirjoittamassa (to write in collaboration with another author)