authors

[aw-therz]

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. a card game for two or more persons that is played with a 52-card pack, the object being to take the largest number of tricks consisting of four cards of the same denomination.

Word History and Origins

Origin of authors¹

1865–70, plural of author

Example Sentences

Guest commentary like this one are written from authors outside the Barron’s newsroom.

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The discovery was published in Nature magazine, with the authors saying it could inform studies into evolution.

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One point the opinion piece’s authors make is to urge updating scenarios that imagine the kind of death and destruction that could affect California in a large earthquake.

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The authors say they could also be cost effective for the NHS at a time when mental health services are under pressure.

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The benefits of introducing targeted screening for those at the highest risk outweigh the financial and logistical costs, according to the report authors.

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