autograph

A famous person’s name written by them, often kept by a fan.

• Can I have your autograph?
• Fans waited outside to collect autographs.
• The singer put her autograph on my ticket.

Similar words: signature

Common phrases: ask for an autograph, collect an autograph, celebrity autograph

Your written name on a document to show that you agree or approve.

• We need your autograph on this form.
• Put your autograph here to approve the order.
• Once I have your autograph, the agreement is complete.

How to use it: autograph on something (I need your autograph on the agreement.)

Similar words: signature

Common phrases: your autograph, autograph on something

A text written by hand by the person who created it.

• The library owns the composer’s autograph.
• Scholars compared the autograph with later printed copies.
• Two autographs of the poem survive in the archive.

Similar words: manuscript

Common phrases: original autograph, composer’s autograph, autograph of something

To write your name on a book or another object, usually for a fan.

• Will you autograph my book?
• The actor autographed a photo for her.
• She spent an hour autographing copies of her new novel.

How to use it: autograph something for someone (The player autographed a shirt for my son.)

Similar words: sign

Common phrases: autograph a book, autograph a photo, autograph something for

Written by hand by the person who created the text.

• The museum displays an autograph letter.
• An autograph score shows the composer’s original changes.
• They discovered two autograph drafts of the poem.

Similar words: handwritten

Common phrases: autograph manuscript, autograph letter, autograph score