typescript

[ tahyp-skript ]
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noun
  1. a typewritten copy of a literary composition, document, or the like, especially as prepared for a printer.

  2. typewritten matter, as distinguished from handwritten or printed matter.

Origin of typescript

1
1890–95, Americanism;type + script (on the model of manuscript)

Words Nearby typescript

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How to use typescript in a sentence

  • In 2001 he had the index cards transcribed and sent the typescript to trusted friends like Stephen Parker and myself.

  • The pile of typescript on my floor can but annoyingly and too palpably testify that the madness has raged for some weeks.

    Instigations | Ezra Pound
  • Paul glanced at a bulky typescript which lay upon the table near his hand.

  • Manning had picked up a sheaf of typescript from the table next to him and was flipping through it, his lips pursed grimly.

    Warlord of Kor | Terry Gene Carr
  • The bundle of letters relating to the purchase of the house were with the typescript.

    Dracula | Bram Stoker
  • I read in the typescript that in my trance I heard cows low and water swirling level with my ears and the creaking of wood.

    Dracula | Bram Stoker

British Dictionary definitions for typescript

typescript

/ (ˈtaɪpˌskrɪpt) /


noun
  1. a typed copy of a document, literary script, etc

  2. any typewritten material

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