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writer

writer

24 4.6
A computer program that creates written text like articles or product descriptions
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : generador de texto
  • The new AI writers can generate news articles within minutes.
  • Braille writer
  • science writer
  • freelance writer

Examples

  • Scott Norris (e-mail: snorris@nasw.org) is a freelance science writer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Jeffrey P. Cohn, a Takoma, Maryland-based freelance science writer, is a frequent contributor to BioScience.

    Academic text (2001)
  • I'm the lead code writer here.

  • I'm a part-time ad writer for a newspaper.

  • Catherine M. Cooney is a science writer living in Washington, DC.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Jenny B. Davis, a lawyer, is a legal affairs writer for the ABA Journal.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Michael Dumiak is a freelance science writer based in Berlin, Germany.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Myrna E. Watanabe (e-mail: mew@99main.com) is a science writer based in Patterson, New York.

    Academic text (2008)
  • This innovative writer uses advanced algorithms to produce unique content.

  • Many businesses rely on a software writer to automate their social media posts.

Compounds

sports writer
  • Literature
12 2.6

A reporter who writes about sports games and players

A person who writes letters to send messages to other people

1 3.1

A person who makes the story and script for a movie

hack writer
  • Offensive
1 7.5

A writer who makes low quality books or articles only for money

A person who writes or records traditional stories passed down in a community

space writer
  • Literature
7.9

A person paid by how much printed space their articles use

How Advanced

LLM
  • Specialized
7.0
writer
  • Specialized
24 4.6
generator
  • Texting
11 3.8

Surface Forms

writer singular
writers plural

Morphology

writer = write (semi-transparent) = write + er

Formally the same agentive formation, but the meaning is extended metaphorically to a program or system rather than a human, which may not be immediately obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Writer in technology is a modern use of the same parts: write 'to put words on paper or screen' plus -er 'a person or thing that does something'. So today a writer can mean a software program that automatically produces written text.