# authoring

Pronunciation: US say "AW-ther-ing" /ˈɔ.θəɹ.ɪŋ/; UK say "AW-thuh-ing" /ˈɔː.θə(ɹ).ɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The process of creating the content of a document or other item: that is, the writing or composition itself.
   - Simple: The work of writing or putting together the content of a document or other piece of work.
   - _Most of the authoring happened late at night, after the children were asleep._
   - _The team divided the authoring across four contributors, each covering one chapter._
3. A finished written work; the composition or text produced by the act of writing.
   - Simple: A finished piece of writing, the work that someone has written or put together.
   - _The museum displayed an early authoring of the celebrated poet beside her later manuscripts._
   - _Critics compared the two authorings side by side, noting how the writer's voice had matured._

## Verb

2. Present participle of author. — present participle and gerund of author
   - Simple: Present participle of author. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the act of writing.
   - _The committee is authoring fresh guidelines for the department._
   - _Several researchers are authoring chapters for the upcoming volume._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/authoring (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).