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script
1[ skript ]
noun
- the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- a manuscript or document.
- the text of a manuscript or document.
- the manuscript or one of various copies of the written text of a play, motion picture, or radio or television broadcast.
- any system of writing.
- Printing. a type imitating handwriting. Compare cursive.
- Digital Technology. an executable section of code that automates a task:
You will have to run the script to install the program on your computer.
verb (used with object)
- to write a script for:
The movie was scripted by a famous author.
- to plan or devise; make arrangements for:
The week-long festivities were scripted by a team of experts.
- Digital Technology. to write an executable section of code for (a program) in order to automate a task:
You can script a program that will scan your files.
verb (used without object)
- Digital Technology. to write an executable section of code that automates a task:
Most programmers script in more than one programming language.
Script.
2abbreviation for
- Scriptural.
- Scripture.
script
/ skrɪpt /
noun
- handwriting as distinguished from print, esp cursive writing
- the letters, characters, or figures used in writing by hand
- any system or style of writing
- written copy for the use of performers in films and plays
- law
- an original or principal document
- (esp in England) a will or codicil or the draft for one
- any of various typefaces that imitate handwriting
- computing a series of instructions that is executed by a computer program
- an answer paper in an examination
- another word for scrip 3
verb
- tr to write a script for
Other Words From
- scripter noun
- under·script noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of script1
Word History and Origins
Origin of script1
Example Sentences
“We had Jack there during rehearsal so we could really analyze the script,” Graham says.
Running on the noxious fumes of Christian nationalism, they are following the script of authoritarian regimes by beginning their fight against pluralism and elementary freedom by attacking what they perceive as an easy target.
In a world where “America the bad guy” has been a dominant narrative for decades, Ukraine flipped the script.
Bong walks a delicate line between being facetious and pulling his punches, and the script does sometimes fall to the latter side with some of its more trite resistance messaging.
I just have admired him for so long that we both, before reading it, got very, very excited about the opportunity and dove into the script right away.
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