SCRIPT

script

(noun) a particular orthography or writing system

handwriting, hand, script

(noun) something written by hand; “she recognized his handwriting”; “his hand was illegible”

script, book, playscript

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

script

(verb) write a script for; “The playwright scripted the movie”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

script (countable and uncountable, plural scripts)

(countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.

Synonyms: cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript

Written characters; style of writing.

(typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.

Synonym: cursive

(countable, legal) An original instrument or document.

(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.

Hyponyms: screenplay, teleplay

(computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.

Synonyms: batch file, macro, shell script

Hyponyms: coffeescript, here-script, postscript

(linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

Synonyms: language script, writing system

Short for prescription.

Hyponyms

• subscript

• superscript

Verb

script (third-person singular simple present scripts, present participle scripting, simple past and past participle scripted)

(transitive) To make or write a script.

Anagrams

• crispt

Source: Wiktionary


Script, n. Etym: [OE. scrit, L. scriptum something written, fr. scribere, scriptum to write: cf. OF. escript, , F. Ă©crit. See Scribe, and cf. Scrip a writing.]

1. A writing; a written document. [Obs.] aucer.

2. (Print.)

Definition: Type made in imitation of handwriting.

3. (Law)

Definition: An original instrument or document.

4. Written characters; style of writing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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