US /ˌkoʊˈɔːθɚ/ UK /ˌkəʊˈɔːθə/
noun verb Freq #138923

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who writes a book, article, or other work jointly with another author

    Her coauthor contributed the chapters on experimental design.

  2. 2
    verb

    to write a work jointly with one or more other people

    The two researchers coauthor a review article every few years.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who writes a book,... joint authorcollaborator
2 verb · to write a work jointly... collaborate on
Word family
Derived forms coauthorship
Related forms authorcollaboration

Etymology

From co- ("jointly, together") + author. The word functions both as a noun for a joint writer and as a verb for writing collaboratively.

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