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ghost·write
(gōst′rīt′)v. ghost·wrote (-rōt′), ghost·writ·ten (-rĭt′n), ghost·writ·ing, ghost·writes
v.intr.
To work as a ghostwriter.
v.tr.
To write (a speech, for example) as a ghostwriter.
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ghostwrite
(ˈɡəʊstˌraɪt)vb, -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written
(Journalism & Publishing) to write (an autobiographical or other article) on behalf of a person who is then credited as author. Often shortened to: ghost
ˈghostˌwriter n
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ghostwrite
Past participle: ghostwritten
Gerund: ghostwriting
| Imperative |
|---|
| ghostwrite |
| ghostwrite |
| Present |
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| I ghostwrite |
| you ghostwrite |
| he/she/it ghostwrites |
| we ghostwrite |
| you ghostwrite |
| they ghostwrite |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I ghostwrote |
| you ghostwrote |
| he/she/it ghostwrote |
| we ghostwrote |
| you ghostwrote |
| they ghostwrote |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am ghostwriting |
| you are ghostwriting |
| he/she/it is ghostwriting |
| we are ghostwriting |
| you are ghostwriting |
| they are ghostwriting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have ghostwritten |
| you have ghostwritten |
| he/she/it has ghostwritten |
| we have ghostwritten |
| you have ghostwritten |
| they have ghostwritten |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was ghostwriting |
| you were ghostwriting |
| he/she/it was ghostwriting |
| we were ghostwriting |
| you were ghostwriting |
| they were ghostwriting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had ghostwritten |
| you had ghostwritten |
| he/she/it had ghostwritten |
| we had ghostwritten |
| you had ghostwritten |
| they had ghostwritten |
| Future |
|---|
| I will ghostwrite |
| you will ghostwrite |
| he/she/it will ghostwrite |
| we will ghostwrite |
| you will ghostwrite |
| they will ghostwrite |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have ghostwritten |
| you will have ghostwritten |
| he/she/it will have ghostwritten |
| we will have ghostwritten |
| you will have ghostwritten |
| they will have ghostwritten |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be ghostwriting |
| you will be ghostwriting |
| he/she/it will be ghostwriting |
| we will be ghostwriting |
| you will be ghostwriting |
| they will be ghostwriting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been ghostwriting |
| you have been ghostwriting |
| he/she/it has been ghostwriting |
| we have been ghostwriting |
| you have been ghostwriting |
| they have been ghostwriting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been ghostwriting |
| you will have been ghostwriting |
| he/she/it will have been ghostwriting |
| we will have been ghostwriting |
| you will have been ghostwriting |
| they will have been ghostwriting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been ghostwriting |
| you had been ghostwriting |
| he/she/it had been ghostwriting |
| we had been ghostwriting |
| you had been ghostwriting |
| they had been ghostwriting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would ghostwrite |
| you would ghostwrite |
| he/she/it would ghostwrite |
| we would ghostwrite |
| you would ghostwrite |
| they would ghostwrite |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have ghostwritten |
| you would have ghostwritten |
| he/she/it would have ghostwritten |
| we would have ghostwritten |
| you would have ghostwritten |
| they would have ghostwritten |
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Verb 1. 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"
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ghostwrite
verbTo write for and credit authorship to another:
Informal: ghost.
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