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Aus|tral|asian /ɒ strəle I ʒ ^ə n, [AM ] ɔː s-/ ADJ [ADJ n] Australasian means belonging or relating to Australasia or to its people.

Aus|tral|ian /ɒstre I liən/ (Australians )

1 ADJ Australian means belonging or relating to Australia, or to its people or culture. □  She went solo backpacking for eight months in the Australian outback.

2 N‑COUNT An Australian is someone who comes from Australia.

Aus|trian /ɒ striən, [AM ] ɔː s-/ (Austrians )

1 ADJ Austrian means belonging or relating to Austria, or to its people or culture. □  …the Austrian government.

2 N‑COUNT An Austrian is a person who comes from Austria.

Austro- /ɒ stroʊ, [AM ] ɔː stroʊ/ COMB Austro- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with Austria and another country. □  …the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

auteur /ɔːtɜː ^r / (auteurs ) N‑COUNT You can refer to a film director as an auteur when they have a very strong artistic influence on the films they make.

authen|tic /ɔːθe nt I k/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine. □  …authentic Italian food. □  They have to look authentic. ●  au|then|tic|ity /ɔː θent I s I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT [usu with poss] □  There are factors, however, that have cast doubt on the statue's authenticity.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe something as authentic , you mean that it is such a good imitation that it is almost the same as or as good as the original. [APPROVAL ] □  …patterns for making authentic frontier-style clothing.

3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] An authentic piece of information or account of something is reliable and accurate. □  I had obtained the authentic details about the birth of the organization.

authen|ti|cate /ɔːθe nt I ke I t/ (authenticates , authenticating , authenticated ) VERB If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it. □ [V n] He says he'll have no problem authenticating the stamp. [Also V n as n]

author ◆◆◇ /ɔː θə ^r / (authors )

1 N‑COUNT The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it. □ [+ of ] She is the joint author of a booklet on Integrated Education.

2 N‑COUNT An author is a person whose job is writing books. □  …Philip Pullman, the best-selling author of children's fiction.

3 N‑COUNT The author of a plan or proposal is the person who thinks of it and works out the details. □ [+ of ] The authors of the plan believe they can reach this point within about two years.

4 → see also co-author SYNONYMS author NOUN 1

novelist:…a romantic novelist.

writer:…detective stories by American writers.

hack:…a hack writer of cheap romances.

columnist:…the gossip columnists' favourite target.

journalist:I am doing media studies and hope to become a journalist.

author|ess /ɔː θəres/ (authoresses ) N‑COUNT An authoress is a female author. Many female writers object to this word, and prefer to be called authors.

autho|rial /ɔːθɔː riəl/ ADJ [ADJ n] Authorial means relating to the author of something such as a book or play. □  There are times when the book suffers from excessive authorial control.

author|ing /ɔː θər I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the internet. [COMPUTING ] □  …software authoring tools.

author|ise /ɔː θəra I z/ → see authorize