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.

Nearby words

scripophile, scripophily, scripps, scripps, edward wyllis, scripsit, script, script doctor, script girl, script kiddie, script reader, script.

Origin of script

1325–75; Middle English (noun) < Latin scriptum, noun use of neuter past participle of scrībere “to write”; replacing Middle English scrit, from Old French escrit, from Latin, as above

Related formsscript·er, nounun·der·script, noun

Can be confusedscrip script

Definition for script (2 of 2)

Script.

Scriptural.

Scripture.

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Examples from the Web for script

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.
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They mention that a former cia agent and someone who used to work for Hilary [sic] Clinton looked at the script.
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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
The inscription, cut in script, was faint in places and blurred by moss, in others.
In Her Own Right|John Reed Scott
I settled back as best I could as Gus quietly unfolded the script.
Nat Goodwin's Book|Nat C. Goodwin
Near the script letter, is a smaller printed letter painted in the same colour.
The Montessori Method|Maria Montessori
Seeing words or sentences or texts on paper (in script or in print) is only preliminary to understanding.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
But there had been a quarrel (in German script), and the mighty Norseman had grown mightily misogynistic.
An Ocean Tramp|William McFee

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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Word Origin and History for script (1 of 2)

script

late 14c., "something written," earlier scrite (c.1300), from Old French escrit "piece of writing, written paper; credit note, IOU; deed, bond" (Modern French écrit) from Latin scriptum "a writing, book; law; line, mark," noun use of neuter past participle of scribere "to write," from PIE *skribh- "to cut, separate, sift" (cf. Greek skariphasthai "to scratch an outline, sketch," Lettish skripat "scratch, write," Old Norse hrifa "scratch"), from root *(s)ker- "cut, incise" (cf. Old English sceran "cut off, shear;" see shear (v.)) on the notion of carving marks in stone, wood, etc.

Meaning "handwriting" is recorded from 1860. Theatrical use, short for manuscript, is attested from 1884. The importance of Rome to the spread of civilization in Europe is attested by the fact that the word for "write" in Celtic and Germanic (as well as Romanic) languages derives from scribere (e.g. French écrire, Irish scriobhaim, Welsh ysgrifennu, German schreiben). The cognate Old English scrifan means "to allot, assign, decree" (see shrive; also cf. Old Norse skript "penance") and Modern English uses write (v.) to express this action.

Word Origin and History for script (1 of 2)

script

"adapt (a work) for broadcasting or film," 1935, from script (n.). Related: Scripted; scripting.

script

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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Definition for script (2 of 2)

Script.

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