script

[ skript ]

/ skrɪpt /

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noun

the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.

a manuscript or document.

the text of a manuscript or document.

the manuscript or one of various copies of the written text of a play, motion picture, or radio or television broadcast.

any system of writing.

Printing. a type imitating handwriting.Compare cursive.

Digital Technology. an executable section of code that automates a task: You will have to run the script to install the program on your computer.

verb (used with object)

to write a script for: The movie was scripted by a famous author.

to plan or devise; make arrangements for: The week-long festivities were scripted by a team of experts.

Digital Technology. to write an executable section of code for (a program) in order to automate a task: You can script a program that will scan your files.

verb (used without object)

Digital Technology. to write an executable section of code that automates a task:Most programmers script in more than one programming language.

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Origin of script

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English (noun), from Latin scriptum, noun use of neuter past participle of scrībere “to write”; replacing Middle English scrit, from Old French escrit, from Latin, as above; (verb) first recorded in 1930–35; from the noun.

OTHER WORDS FROM script

scripter, nounun·der·script, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH script

scrip, script

Words nearby script

scrip issue, scripophile, scripophily, Scripps, scripsit, script, script doctor, scripter, script girl, scripting language, script kiddie

Other definitions for script (2 of 2)

Script.

abbreviation

Scriptural.

Scripture.

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How to use script in a sentence

In campaign season, they start putting the lies in the scripts.
The RNC weaponized exhaustion|Zack Beauchamp|August 28, 2020|Vox
If that script plays out, they’ll do much better than our 17% over the next year and a half.
Despite Warren Buffett’s selloff, bank stocks look like great buys in this market|Shawn Tully|August 18, 2020|Fortune
The other group made necklaces with the same materials, but no script.
Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic?|Sujata Gupta|August 14, 2020|Science News
Once the graduate student agreed to collaborate, Porr wrote a small script for him to run.
A college kid’s fake, AI-generated blog fooled tens of thousands. This is how he made it.|Karen Hao|August 14, 2020|MIT Technology Review

The updated creative features shots of contactless delivery, social distancing and toned down scripts.
Nobody in elevators, fewer gag lines: How an agency is remaking its ads to fit the coronavirus era|Kristina Monllos|July 28, 2020|Digiday
In the next breath, however, he is decrying the press misinterpretation of his Diana script.
Harry’s Daddy, and Diana’s ‘Murder’: Royal Rumors In a New Play|Tom Sykes|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The truth is that Judd is really just picking an arbitrary number since there is no script.
Inside Sony’s ‘Pineapple Express 2 Drama’: Leaked Emails Reveal Fight Over Stoner Comedy Sequel|William Boot|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They mention that a former cia agent and someone who used to work for Hilary [sic] Clinton looked at the script.
Exclusive: Sony Emails Say Studio Exec Picked Kim Jong-Un as the Villain of ‘The Interview’|William Boot|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, a couple of years later, I learned that Scott [Alexander] and Larry [Karaszewski] had written a script.
Tim Burton Talks ‘Big Eyes,’ His Taste For the Macabre, and the ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel|Marlow Stern|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is this script the unproduced Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian that was circulating some time ago?
Tim Burton Talks ‘Big Eyes,’ His Taste For the Macabre, and the ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel|Marlow Stern|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My amanuensis deserts me—I should have said you, for yours is the loss, my script having lost all bond with humanity.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
We now come to the most startling consideration of all, namely, that there are two varieties of insular script in the book.
The Supposed Autographa of John the Scot|Edward Kennard Rand
It is loose, pointed, flowing, with few abbreviations or ligatures specially characteristic of Irish script.
The Supposed Autographa of John the Scot|Edward Kennard Rand
It was ornamented with a series of bands in high relief, bands bearing the color script of the aliens.
Star Born|Andre Norton
Presently, these ended and the characters seemed to be in ancient script, which, gradually grew more modern.
The Colonel of the Red Huzzars|John Reed Scott

British Dictionary definitions for script

script

/ (skrɪpt) /

noun

handwriting as distinguished from print, esp cursive writing

the letters, characters, or figures used in writing by hand

any system or style of writing

written copy for the use of performers in films and plays

law

an original or principal document
(esp in England) a will or codicil or the draft for one

any of various typefaces that imitate handwriting

computing a series of instructions that is executed by a computer program

an answer paper in an examination

another word for scrip 3

verb

(tr) to write a script for

Word Origin for script

C14: from Latin scriptum something written, from scrībere to write

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