autograph (noun)

  • 1autograph — ► NOUN 1) a celebrity s signature written for an admirer. 2) a manuscript or musical score in an author s or composer s own handwriting. ► VERB ▪ write one s signature on. DERIVATIVES autographic adjective. ORIGIN from Greek autographos written …

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  • 2autograph — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + AUTOGRAPH ▪ give sb, sign ▪ He signed his autograph for the little girl. ▪ ask for, want ▪ She was surrounded by fans wanting autographs …

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  • 3autograph album — noun an album for autographs • Hypernyms: ↑album * * * autograph album or autograph book noun One in which to collect signatures (of friends, famous personalities, etc) and often rhymes or epigrams, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑autograph …

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  • 4autograph book — autograph album or autograph book noun One in which to collect signatures (of friends, famous personalities, etc) and often rhymes or epigrams, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑autograph …

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  • 5autograph book — noun a book in which one collects and displays autographs …

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  • 6autograph — noun 1》 a celebrity s signature written for an admirer. 2》 a manuscript or musical score in an author s or composer s own handwriting. 3》 a person s handwriting. verb write one s signature on. adjective written in the author s own handwriting.… …

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  • 7autograph — I UK [ˈɔːtəˌɡrɑːf] / US [ˈɔtəˌɡræf] noun [countable] Word forms autograph : singular autograph plural autographs a famous person s name that they sign for someone else to keep My mother got Frank Sinatra s autograph in the 1970s. II UK… …

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  • 8autograph — I. noun Etymology: Late Latin autographum, from Latin, neuter of autographus written with one s own hand, from Greek autographos, from aut + graphos written more at graph Date: circa 1644 something written or made with one s own hand: a. an… …

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  • 9autograph — /ˈɔtəgræf / (say awtuhgraf), / graf/ (say grahf) noun 1. a person s own signature. 2. a person s own handwriting. 3. a manuscript in the author s handwriting. 4. a machine which produces a stereoscopic effect from a series of aerial survey… …

  • 10autograph — au|to|graph1 [ ɔtə,græf ] noun count a famous person s name that they sign for someone else to keep: My mother got Frank Sinatra s autograph in the 1970s. autograph au|to|graph 2 [ ɔtə,græf ] verb transitive if someone famous autographs a book,… …

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