Autograph Meaning
/ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
nounA person's signature used as a mark of formal approval.
Sentence Examples
If I had noticed her, I would have got her autograph.
On encountering the celebrity, the fans asked for his autograph.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The young fan asked the actress to sign an ____ on her program.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The young fan was excited to get his favorite football player's ____.
Word Origin & History
From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"For me, identifying an autograph is one of the most exciting aspects of collecting. I enjoy the detective work that comes with discerning a fake from the real deal, and subsequently valuing the item against other examples."
— 2021 July 1, Mike Hall, “HOW TO SPOT AUTOPEN AUTOGRAPHS”, in Just Collecting:
"“Based on the scarcity of signed images from this period, in general, coupled with the miniscule population of original Jackson autographs we cannot overstate the rarity of this offering,” it said."
— 2021 October 10, Susannah Cullinane, “‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson signed baseball photo sells for record price at auction”, in CNN:
"An autograph of this text, made by E. Weidner, will be reproduced as plate XVII."
— 1953, B. L. van der Waerden, “History of the Zodiac”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, volume 16, page 220:
"Not surprisingly, he attributed to Kauffman two important works that are no longer accepted as autograph."
— 1992, Malise Forbes Adam, Mary Mauchline, edited by Wendy Wassyng Roworth, Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books, published 1992, page 116:
"Diego Maradona is helping in the fight against coronavirus in his home city by autographing a replica of the Argentina jersey he wore in the country’s 1986 World Cup final triumph to raise money for an underprivileged community."
— 2020 May 9, Paul Gittings, “Diego Maradona autographs shirt to help poor district of Buenos Aires”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The young fan asked the actress to sign an ____ on her program.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The young fan was excited to get his favorite football player's ____.