"ghostwrite" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: ghostwrites [present, singular, third-person], ghostwriting [participle, present], ghostwrote [past], ghostwritten [participle, past]
Etymology: Back-formation from ghostwriter. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|ghostwriter}} Back-formation from ghostwriter Head templates: {{en-verb|ghostwrites|ghostwriting|ghostwrote|ghostwritten}} ghostwrite (third-person singular simple present ghostwrites, present participle ghostwriting, simple past ghostwrote, past participle ghostwritten)
  1. (authorship, intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works). Tags: intransitive Translations (write under the name of another): spookskryf (Afrikaans), 代筆 (Chinese Mandarin), 代笔 (dàibǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 捉刀 (zhuōdāo) (Chinese Mandarin), haamukirjoittaa (Finnish), szellemíróként/négerként dolgozik/működik/ír (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-ghostwrite-en-verb-34ShKw24 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Topics: authorship, broadcasting, communications, film, journalism, literature, media, publishing, television, writing Disambiguation of 'write under the name of another': 88 12
  2. (authorship, transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another. Tags: transitive Translations (author a literary work): 代筆 (Chinese Mandarin), 代笔 (dàibǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kirjoittaa (Finnish), (helyette, más helyett) megír (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-ghostwrite-en-verb-B6NMKaAP Topics: authorship, broadcasting, communications, film, journalism, literature, media, publishing, television, writing Disambiguation of 'author a literary work': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ghost-write, ghost write Related terms: ghostwriter, ghostwritten

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