typescript

[tahyp-skript]

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.

typescript

/ ˈtaɪpˌskrɪpt /

noun

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

2. any typewritten material

Word History and Origins

Origin of typescript¹

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

Example Sentences

Viewers will also see the typescript drafts for her 1964 book, “Grapefruit,” which includes more than 200 instructions in the form of music, painting, events, poetry and objects.

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This typescript is "much more intimate" than the other two, Mr Jay said, highlighting notes and "doodles" the author made on it.

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There are typescripts and drafts of all his published books, from “V.”

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Initially conceived while in pandemic-period isolation, the D.C. artist’s new series employs densely overlapping typescripts as backdrops for simple, curved geometric forms drawn in charcoal.

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The archive includes two partial typescripts for his 1932 nonfiction work about bullfighting, “Death in the Afternoon.”

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Related Words

• book 
• copy 
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• writing