ghostwrite

Verb

intransitive transitive

(authorship, intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works). / (authorship, transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.

Japanese Meaning

他人名義で文学作品等を執筆する / 他人の代わりに文学的な作品や演説を作成する

What is this buttons?

After being offered a large fee, she agreed to ghostwrite for the celebrity's memoir so she could remain anonymous.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

多額の報酬を提示され、彼女は匿名でいるために著名人の回想録をその人の名義で執筆することに同意した。

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Sense（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.

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Sense（2）

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

The president has someone to ghostwrite his addresses.

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ghostwrites

（ present singular third-person ）

ghostwriting

（ participle present ）

ghostwrote

（ past ）

ghostwritten

（ participle past ）

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