Explore Ghostwrite through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like ghost or author. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ghostwrite meaning
- To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.
Using Ghostwrite
- The main meaning on this page is: To write under the name of another (especially literary works). | To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.
- Useful related words include: ghost, author.
- In the example corpus, ghostwrite often appears in combinations such as: to ghostwrite.
Context around Ghostwrite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ghostwrite
- In this selection, "ghostwrite" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include lovecraft to ghostwrite a treatise and people to ghostwrite his stories. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ghostwrite" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ghostwrite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Superstition In 1926, famed magician and escapist Harry Houdini asked Lovecraft to ghostwrite a treatise exploring the topic of superstition. (20 words)
She soon discovered her husband was also a literary fraud whose only talent was for convincing other people to ghostwrite his stories. (22 words)
A report last year said that members of the president’s staff sometimes deliberately add errors to the tweets they ghostwrite for him, to make them seem authentically presidential. (29 words)
A report last year said that members of the president’s staff sometimes deliberately add errors to the tweets they ghostwrite for him, to make them seem authentically presidential. (29 words)
She soon discovered her husband was also a literary fraud whose only talent was for convincing other people to ghostwrite his stories. (22 words)
Superstition In 1926, famed magician and escapist Harry Houdini asked Lovecraft to ghostwrite a treatise exploring the topic of superstition. (20 words)
Example sentences (3)
A report last year said that members of the president’s staff sometimes deliberately add errors to the tweets they ghostwrite for him, to make them seem authentically presidential.
She soon discovered her husband was also a literary fraud whose only talent was for convincing other people to ghostwrite his stories.
Superstition In 1926, famed magician and escapist Harry Houdini asked Lovecraft to ghostwrite a treatise exploring the topic of superstition.
Common combinations with ghostwrite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to ghostwrite 2×