autograph

Meaning

Noun

1. A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
2. (broadly, colloquial) A person's signature used as a mark of formal approval.
3. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Written in the author’s own handwriting.
2. (not-comparable) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.

Verb

1. (transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book, etc.
2. (transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting.

Synonyms

signature

sign

handwriting

authorisation

authorization

holograph

holographic

inscribe

John Hancock

one’s own handwriting

put down one’s name

autoplotter

longhand

manuscript

mark

script

baseline

autographic

sine

stamp

subscribe

undersign

endorsement

endorse

autography

personal note

indorsement

ink

Translations

autographe

Autogramm

autógrafo

Unterschrift

signature

Autograph

dédicacer

firma

signer

Autograf

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/

Etymology

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