script

Noun

1. (countable) A writing; a written document.
2. (countable, uncountable) Written characters; style of writing.
3. (countable, uncountable) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
4. (countable) An original instrument or document.
5. (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
6. (countable, uncountable) A brief and simple program.
7. (countable, uncountable) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
9. (countable, uncountable) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable) Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).

Verb

1. (transitive) To make or write a script.
2. (transitive) To devise, concoct, or contrive.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɹɪpt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: scrit

In summary

From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).

Synonyms

writing

scenario

handwriting

manuscript

screenplay

book

📖

hand

✋

text

writing system

playscript

original

epistle

libretto

article

writ

storyline

original copy

letter

written language

written text

phraseology

play

plot

progenitor

prototype

quill

scripture

style

transcription

words

playbook

Scripture

this book

writing style

chirography

encyclic

drama

prescriptions

dramatic composition

top copy

reserved copy

handwritten form

principal edition

handwrit

alphabet

uchen

autograph

batch file

breve

brief

Translations

scénario

Skript

escritura

script

Drehbuch

Schrift

pismo

guión

sceneggiatura

écriture

copione

γραφή

manoscritto

script

draaiboek

Sentences

The script is written from right to left , and sometimes follows a boustrophedonic style .

He was involved in script adaptation and dubbing for Latin American audiences .