Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Handwriting.
- n. A style of writing with cursive characters.
- n. A particular system of writing: cuneiform script.
- n. Printing A style of type that imitates handwriting.
- n. Printing The matter set in this type.
- n. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.
- n. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.
- n. Law An original document.
- n. Computer Science A simple program in a utility language or an application's proprietary language.
- v. To prepare (a text) for filming or broadcasting.
- v. To orchestrate (behavior or an event, for example) as if writing a script: "the brilliant, charming, judicial moderate scripted by his White House fans” ( Ellen Goodman).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A writing; a written paper.
- n. In law, an original or principal document.
- n. Writing; handwriting; written form of letter; written characters; style of writing.
- n. In printing, types that imitate written letters or writing. See example under ronde.
- n. An abbreviation of scripture or scriptural.
Wiktionary
- n. countable (obsolete) A writing; a written document.
- n. Written characters; style of writing.
- n. typography Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- n. countable (law) An original instrument or document.
- n. 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.
- n. computing A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
- n. linguistics A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- n. An abbreviation for a prescription.
- v. transitive to make or write a script
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A writing; a written document.
- n. (Print.) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- n. (Law) An original instrument or document.
- n. Written characters; style of writing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a particular orthography or writing system
- n. a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- n. something written by hand
- v. write a script for
Etymologies
- Old English scrit, Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō ("write"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English skript, a piece of writing, alteration of scrite, from Old French escrit, from Latin scrīptum, from neuter past participle of scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Bob's script though was the key - his natural pacing as a film maker helped enormously in setting up the highs and lows and I requested right at the start - that he write *full script* because I like to have as much as possible to bounce off - make your writer work is my motto !”
“John Resig's degrading script tags var scripts = document. getElementsByTagName (\ "script\"); var cntr = scripts. length; while (cntr) {var curScript = scripts [cntr-1]; if (curScript. src.indexOf (\ "menu-degrading. js\")!”
“The Google Account Multi-Login script is free, requires Firefox with Greasemonkey.”
“A black heist film with Trump Towers as the object of the crime could be socially and politically loaded; if the script is any good, that would be really interesting to see.”
“Though the script is the major problem, some blame must go to Cavanagh.”
“For example, you may be determined to write for TV, but you could find that listening to a radio play – where the script is the only thing the drama rests on – helps you understand dialogue better.”
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“In the interview he indicated that the script is almost ready to be turned in and that this should be considered a reboot of the Frank Herbert novels.”
“While I remain slightly cautious with Whedon as a director, I think having him on the script is a fantastic idea.”
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“STYD has the report, saying the script is a buddy supernatural comedy in which the actor is put on a path that has him posing as an exorcist with a pal.”
“This script is a fantastic idea to restore functionality to that location on the keyboard.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘script’.
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Writing
graphoanalysis, agraphia, agraphic, anorthography, logagraphia, cipher, code, inscribe, penmanship, cursive, Palmer method, calligraphy and 100 more...
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Film
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EN - pronunciation fun
All words of the poem
The Chaos
by Gerard Nolst Trenité
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse <...abyss, ache, actual, advice, aerie, age, ague, aisles, alas, alien, alive, allowed and 406 more...
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ajax, user, admin, frontend, backend, database, sql, protocol, call, dom, layout, ui and 439 more... -
Roots
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ipt
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root, terminal, windows, apple, crash, kernel, mouse, port, bus, key, shift, drive and 8 more...
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chiaroscuro, mollycoddle, feckless, evocative, provocative, invocation, beckon, allay, becalm, console, lull, soothe and 479 more...
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scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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write
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colleen's words ii
sibilant, sundry, spindle, distaff, device, mortar, pestle, scythe, flail, thresh, frown, elementary and 495 more...
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