ghostwrite

English

Alternative forms

• ghost-write, ghost write

Etymology

Back-formation from ghostwriter.

Verb

ghostwrite (third-person singular simple present ghostwrites, present participle ghostwriting, simple past ghostwrote, past participle ghostwritten)

1. (authorship, intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).

   Mariana would rather not ghostwrite for a living because she finds it a thankless task.

2. (authorship, transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.

   The president has someone to ghostwrite his addresses.

Related terms

• ghostwriter
• ghostwritten

Translations

write under the name of another

• Afrikaans: spookskryf
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代筆／代笔 (zh) (dàibǐ), 捉刀 (zh) (zhuōdāo)

• Finnish: haamukirjoittaa
• Hungarian: szellemíróként​/​négerként dolgozik​/​működik​/​ír

author a literary work

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代筆／代笔 (zh) (dàibǐ)

• Finnish: kirjoittaa (fi)
• Hungarian: (helyette, más helyett) megír

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