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script

UK/skɹəpt/ US/skɹɪpt/ common informal
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

Synonyms
2.

something written by hand

  • “she recognized his handwriting”
  • “his hand was illegible”
Synonyms
3.

verb

1.

write a script for

  • “The playwright scripted the movie”

Origin

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

Phrases

  • artificial script
  • Bengali script
  • bronze script
  • clerical script
  • clerkly script
  • constructed script
  • cultural script
  • Cyrillic script
  • script out

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