autograph
Americannoun
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a person's own signature.
He collects autographs of artists.
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something written in a person's own hand, as a manuscript or letter.
adjective
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written by a person's own hand.
an autograph letter.
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containing autographs.
an autograph album.
verb (used with object)
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to write one's name on or in; sign.
to autograph a book.
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to write with one's own hand.
noun
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a handwritten signature, esp that of a famous person
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( as modifier )
an autograph album
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a person's handwriting
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a book, document, etc, handwritten by its author; original manuscript; holograph
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( as modifier )
an autograph letter
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verb
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to write one's signature on or in; sign
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to write with one's own hand
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have autographedperfect
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has autographedperfect 3rd person singular
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is autographingprogressive 3rd person singular
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have been autographingperfect progressive
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autographingparticiple
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am autographingprogressive 1st person singular
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autographssingular 3rd person
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are autographingprogressive
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has been autographingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
Past
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had autographedperfect
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was autographingprogressive singular
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were autographingprogressive plural
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autographedparticiple
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autographedsimple
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had been autographingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of autograph
1630–40; < Latin autographum, noun use of neuter of Latin autographus written with one's own hand < Greek autógraphos. See auto- 1, -graph
Explanation
If you sign your name on something, you autograph it. You have to autograph a check before it can be cashed. An autograph is a signature. Famous people are asked for their autographs all the time, but you might be surprised and flattered if a little girl asked for yours after you played Dorothy in your community theater production of "The Wizard of Oz." An original manuscript or musical composition written in the handwriting of the author or composer is also called an autograph. In 1938, the Museum of Modern Art displayed an autograph of Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer."
Vocabulary lists containing autograph
Write On!: Graph and Gram
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To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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Do it Yourself: Words Beginning with "AUTO"
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Example Sentences
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The Wells Fargo Autograph card, which Bilt 1.0 users will automatically receive if they don’t transition to the new card, does not have an annual fee.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026
That already shatters the current record price garnered by a basketball card — the $5.9 million paid for the 2009-10 Panini National Treasures Stephen Curry Logoman Autograph card in a 2021 private estate sale.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
And it’s just a few hundred yards from the Alaia Belize, Autograph Collection on Ambergris Caye.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022
During a Q&A with Autograph NFTs, Gronkowski admitted that there is one other QB he’d love to play with.
From Fox News • Feb. 8, 2022
Autograph Letters should be short; containing merely a few lines, thanking the person addressed for the compliment paid in requesting the signature, and expressive of the pleasure it gives you to comply with the request.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.
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