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Script

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Noun

1. book, playscript, script

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

2. hand, handwriting, script

something written by hand

Example Sentences:
'she recognized his handwriting'
'his hand was illegible'

3. script

a particular orthography or writing system

Verb

4. script

write a script for

Example Sentences:
'The playwright scripted the movie'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Script

see synonyms of script
noun
1. 
handwriting as distinguished from print, esp cursive writing
2. 
the letters, characters, or figures used in writing by hand
3. 
any system or style of writing
4. 
written copy for the use of performers in films and plays
5. law
a. 
an original or principal document
b. 
(esp in England) a will or codicil or the draft for one
6. 
any of various typefaces that imitate handwriting
7. computing
a series of instructions that is executed by a computer program
8. 
an answer paper in an examination
9.  another word for scrip3
verb
10. (transitive)
to write a script for

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Script

see synonyms of script
noun
1. 
a. 
handwriting; written words, letters, or figures
b. 
a style of handwriting; manner or method of forming letters or figures
c.  Printing
a typeface that looks like handwriting, with the letters connected
see also cursive
2. 
a written document; original manuscript
3. 
the manuscript, or a copy of the text, of a stage, film, radio, or television show
verb transitive
4. 
to write the script for (a film, etc.)
1. 
scriptural
2. 
scripture

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Script

see synonyms of script
n.
1.
a. Handwriting.
b. A style of writing with cursive characters.
c. A particular system of writing: cuneiform script.
2. Printing
a. A style of type that imitates handwriting.
b. The matter set in this type.
3.
a. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.
b. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.
4. Law The original of a legal instrument, as opposed to a copy.
5. Computers A simple program in a language that the computer must convert to machine language each time the program is run.
tr.v. script·ed, script·ing, scripts
1. To prepare (a text) for filming or broadcasting.
2. To arrange, direct, or control (an event or a person) as if supplying a script: "the brilliant, charming, judicial moderate scripted by his White House fans" (Ellen Goodman).
3. Computers To write (code) for a program.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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