Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
990,112,529 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

ghostwrite

   Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
ghost·write  (gstrt)
v. ghost·wrote (-rt), ghost·writ·ten (-rtn), ghost·writ·ing, ghost·writes
v.intr.
To work as a ghostwriter.
v.tr.
To write (a speech, for example) as a ghostwriter. See Usage Note at author.

ghostwrite
Verb
[-writing, -wrote, -written] to write (an article or book) on behalf of a person who is then credited as author
ghostwriter n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.ghostwrite - write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"
authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
author - be the author of; "She authored this play"

?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
For example, last year I learned that it's OK to ghostwrite your CEO's blog, that communicators are fighting with lawyers over ethics policies, and that employees are more resistant than ever to internal change initiatives.
In the mid-1970s, Buckley--a "former" CIA operative trained in "deep cover" operations--was approached by Angleton and asked to ghostwrite a book on behalf of Golitsyn.
In his speech, he accused pharmaceutical companies of attempting to censor, rewrite, ghostwrite, and/or suppress, negative research reports.
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.