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authoring

authoring is the present participle and gerund of author.

Noun

authoring (plural authorings)

  1. The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
  2. The result of this process; a writing or composition.

Meaning of author

Verb

author (third-person singular simple present authors, present participle authoring, simple past and past participle authored)

  1. (US, proscribed, sometimes) To create a work as its author.

See all 7 meanings of author

Forms of authoring

pluralauthorings

Words formed from authoring

Phrases with authoring

Questions about authoring

What does authoring mean?
Authoring means the process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
What is authoring the present participle and gerund of?
Authoring is the present participle and gerund of author.
What part of speech is authoring?
Authoring is a noun.
What is the plural of authoring?
The plural of authoring is authorings.

Words near authoring in the dictionary

  1. authorial
  2. authorial intent
  3. authorial intents
  4. authoriality
  5. authorially
  6. authoring
  7. authoring program
  8. authoring programs
  9. authorings
  10. authorisable
  11. authorisate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: authoring (page history and authors); author (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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