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

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

OTHER WORDS FROM script

script·er, 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, script girl, script kiddie, script reader, script.

Definition for script (2 of 2)

Script.

Scriptural.

Scripture.

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Example sentences from the Web for script

In the next breath, however, he is decrying the press misinterpretation of his Diana script.
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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.
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Is this script the unproduced Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian that was circulating some time ago?
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The inscription, cut in script, was faint in places and blurred by moss, in others.
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I settled back as best I could as Gus quietly unfolded the script.
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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.
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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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script

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verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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noun

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