Authoring

Verb

1. Present participle of author

Full definition of authoring

Noun

1. The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
2. The result of this process; a writing or composition.

Usage notes

The sense of the process of composition is very common in computing and multimedia. Also often in attribution: an authoring tool, i.e. a tool used for authoring.

Derived terms

• authoring program
• authoring tool
• authorware