Script

//skɹɪpt// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A writing; a written document. countable
  2. 2
    a particular orthography or writing system wordnet
  3. 3
    Written characters; style of writing. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    something written by hand wordnet
  5. 5
    Type made in imitation of handwriting. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance wordnet
  2. 7
    An original instrument or document. countable
  3. 8
    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. countable
  4. 9
    A brief and simple program. countable, uncountable

    "I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format."

  5. 10
    A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  7. 12
    A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable

    "He located a doctor in Brooklyn who was a writing fool. This croaker would go three scripts a day for as high as thirty tablets a script."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or write a script. transitive
  2. 2
    write a script for wordnet
  3. 3
    To devise, concoct, or contrive. transitive

    "Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book."

Synonyms

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handhandwritinghandwritingcursivealphabetalphabetics

Example

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"The Arabic script was replaced by the Roman alphabet."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

Bengali scriptCyrillic scriptFraser scriptIndic scriptIndus scriptKhitan large scriptKhitan small scriptLatin scriptPollard scriptQin scriptRoman scriptSundanese script

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