autograph

Pronunciation: /ˈɔtəɡɹæf/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun something written by one's own hand
  2. noun a person's own signature
  3. verb mark with one's signature

Etymology

From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
writing
Narrower (hyponyms)
manuscript

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