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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