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autograph.

A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔtəɡɹæf/General-American[ˈɔɾəɡɹæf]General-American/ˈɑtəɡɹæf/cot-caught-merger
  1. A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.

    Some autograph-hunters were pestering the players after the game.
  2. A person's signature used as a mark of formal approval.

    broadly · colloquial
    If you could just put your autograph on the ol’ contract, please…
  3. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting; a handwritten copy.

Where this word comes from

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

adj/ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔtəɡɹæf/General-American[ˈɔɾəɡɹæf]General-American/ˈɑtəɡɹæf/cot-caught-merger
  1. Written in the author’s own handwriting.

    not-comparable
  2. Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔtəɡɹæf/General-American[ˈɔɾəɡɹæf]General-American/ˈɑtəɡɹæf/cot-caught-merger
  1. To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book, etc.

    transitive
  2. To write something in one's own handwriting.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.