script
- 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.
- 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.
- Digital Technology. to write an executable section of code that automates a task:Most programmers script in more than one programming language.
Origin of script
Script.
Related Words for script
writing, dialogue, scenario, manuscript, text, book, article, copy, libretto, chirography, fist, hand, penmanship, letters, characters, longhand, calligraphy, words, typescript, linesExamples from the Web for script
Contemporary Examples of script
In the next breath, however, he is decrying the press misinterpretation of his Diana script.
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 SequelWilliam Boot
December 21, 2014
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
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’ SequelMarlow Stern
December 17, 2014
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’ SequelMarlow Stern
December 17, 2014
Historical Examples of script
After having read it, she assured me that this script was a riddle to her.
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, CompleteMadame La Marquise De Montespan
"I'll send you the script when I get it back from Manders," Eric promised with a laugh.
The Education of Eric LaneStephen McKenna
He tiptoed across to the bench and pointed to the script beneath the plate.
He opened the book and glanced at the script and the two signature stamps.
The Best Made PlansEverett B. Cole
I wrote you how much he liked it when I read the original 'script to him?
Jane Journeys OnRuth Comfort Mitchell
script
- 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
- (tr) to write a script for
Word Origin for script
Word Origin and History for 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.
"adapt (a work) for broadcasting or film," 1935, from script (n.). Related: Scripted; scripting.