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ghost-write en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of ghostwrite.
    alt of ghostwrite
    • In flashback, we see Dumont hire Verin to ghost-write some pacifistic essays for publication. 2015, John T. Soister, Of Gods and Monsters:
    • I have met authors who ghost-write for golfers, doctor scripts, produce advertising copy, do panel TV shows. . . . These activities can help your books, they can be fun, they can earn money, they can encourage people to gie you free vegetables, or suits. 2015, Romesh Gunesekera, A.L. Kennedy, Novel Writing: A Writers' and Artists' Companion, page 76:
    • In his late seventies, Barclay was already an accomplished writer and published author when Truman Voigt contracted with him to ghost-write his first book. 2011, Ken Reamy, A Coveted Servitude, page 308:
    • Although the book's content would be Carole's, Brand hired Edwin Seaver to help ghost-write the project. Seaver was a well-known writer and editor prominent in New York literary circles. 2015, E.J. Fleming, Carole Landis: A Tragic Life in Hollywood, page 147:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ghost-written Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ghost-wrote Tense=Past lexicographic
ghost-writes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ghost-writing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic