"authorship" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: authorships [plural]
Etymology: author + -ship Etymology templates: {{af|en|author|-ship}} author + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} authorship (countable and uncountable, plural authorships)
  1. The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Literature, Writing Translations (quality or state of being an author): autorësi (Albanian), հեղինակություն (heġinakutʿyun) (Armenian), а́вторство (ávtorstvo) (Bulgarian), autoria [feminine] (Catalan), autorství [neuter] (Czech), forfatterskab (Danish), schrijverschap [neuter] (Dutch), aŭtoreco (Esperanto), paternité (French), Autorschaft [feminine] (German), paternità (Italian), autorstwo [neuter] (Polish), а́вторство (ávtorstvo) [neuter] (Russian), कर्तृत्व (kartṛtva) [neuter] (Sanskrit), autórstvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), autoría (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-authorship-en-noun-HzxgweHz Disambiguation of Literature: 82 18 Disambiguation of Writing: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ship: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'quality or state of being an author': 97 3
  2. The source; origin; origination Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-authorship-en-noun-bcBvBfPT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: authourship [obsolete] Derived forms: pride of authorship

Inflected forms

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