typescript

[ tahyp-skript ]

/ ˈtaɪpˌskrɪpt /

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noun

a typewritten copy of a literary composition, document, or the like, especially as prepared for a printer.

typewritten matter, as distinguished from handwritten or printed matter.

Nearby words

typebar, typecase, typecast, typeface, typeholder, typescript, typeset, typesetter, typesetting, typestyle, typewrite

Origin of typescript

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

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Examples from the Web for typescript

In 2001 he had the index cards transcribed and sent the typescript to trusted friends like Stephen Parker and myself.
Remembering Dmitri Nabokov, the Novelist’s Son and Literary Executor|Brian Boyd|May 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I read in the typescript that in my trance I heard cows low and water swirling level with my ears and the creaking of wood.
Dracula|Bram Stoker
I bound up my copies of typescript and shoved them out into the world.
Aliens|William McFee
Charles Nisson picked up a typescript and held it out to the child.
The Man in the Twilight|Ridgwell Cullum

A word should be added about the editor's changes of these two plays in the typescript.
A Will and No Will or A Bone for the Lawyers. (1746) The New Play Criticiz'd, or the Plague of Envy (1747)|Charles Macklin
In the preparation of the typescript for these remaining two plays, certain problems had of necessity to be decided arbitrarily.
A Will and No Will or A Bone for the Lawyers. (1746) The New Play Criticiz'd, or the Plague of Envy (1747)|Charles Macklin

British Dictionary definitions for typescript

typescript

/ (ˈtaɪpˌskrɪpt) /

noun

a typed copy of a document, literary script, etc

any typewritten material

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typescript

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