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   Script

   /skrip(t)/

   

   noun

   • 1. handwriting as distinct from print; written characters: "her neat, tidy script" Similar handwritingwritinghandautographpenletterslonghandpenmanshipcalligraphychirographyscribblescrawlinformal:fist
   • ▪ printed type imitating handwriting.
   • ▪ writing using a particular alphabet: "Russian script"
   • 2. the written text of a play, movie, or broadcast. Similar textbookscreenplaylibrettolyricsscorelinespartsdialoguewordsmanuscript
   • ▪ an automated series of instructions carried out in a specific order.
   • ▪ the social role or behavior appropriate to particular situations that an individual absorbs through cultural influences and association with others.

   verb

   • 1. write a script for (a play, movie, or broadcast): "it was perfectly scripted and beautifully acted"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘something written’): shortening of Old French escript, from Latin scriptum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of scribere ‘write’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   3 days ago · 1. countable noun. The script of a play, movie, or television program is the written version of it. Jenny's writing a film script. Synonyms: text, lines, words, book More Synonyms of script. 2. transitive verb. The person who scripts a movie or a radio or television play writes it. ...James Cameron, who scripted and directed both films.

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   Definition of script – Learner’s Dictionary. script. noun. uk / skrɪpt / us. script noun (SPEECH) Add to word list. B2. the words in a film, play, etc: He wrote a number of film scripts. script noun (LETTERS) a set of letters used for writing a particular language: Arabic / Roman script.

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   script meaning, definition, what is script: the written form of a speech, play, film...: Learn more.

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   Mar 3, 2022 · script (n.) late 14c., "something written, a written document," earlier scrite (c. 1300), from Anglo-French scrit , Old French escrit "piece of writing, written paper; credit note, IOU; deed, bond" (Modern French écrit ) and directly from Latin scriptum "a writing, book; law; line, mark," noun use of neuter past participle of scribere "to ...

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