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script
- /skɹɪpt/ Australia, Canada, US
- /skɹəpt/ New Zealand
- /skɾipʈ/ India
Rhymes with -ɪpt
Where it comes from
From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).
noun scripts
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A writing; a written document.
Similar: cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript
- Written characters; style of writing. But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman?
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Type made in imitation of handwriting.
Similar: cursive
- An original instrument or document.
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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.
Similar: play
- A series of events with a predefined order and outcome. I was following a social script that teaches women to build lives around money they don’t fully understand.
- A brief and simple program. I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.
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A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
Similar: batch file, macro, shell script
- Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
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A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
Similar: language script, writing system
- Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine). 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 scripts · scripting · scripted
- To make or write a script.
- To devise, concoct, or contrive. 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: handwriting, book, playscript, hand, transcript, write, transcription, file, pattern, scenario, writeable, storyline, text, writing, story, caption
Translations
Every language
noun writing; written document
| Español | escrito, escripto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 문서 munseo, 문장 munjang |
| 日本語 | 文書 bunsho, 文章 bunshō |
| 中文 | 文章 wénzhāng |
| Português | escrito |
| Français | écrit |
| Deutsch | Skript, Skriptum |
| Italiano | scritto |
| Ελληνικά | γραφή grafí, χειρόγραφο cheirógrafo, γραπτό graptó |
| Русский | скрипт skript, письмо́ pisʹmó |
| العربية | كِتَابَة kitāba |
noun written characters, style of writing
| 한국어 | 문자 munja |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 書体 shotai, 文字 |
| 中文 | 文字 wénzì |
| हिन्दी | लिपि lipi, लेखन lekhan |
| Português | escrita |
| Français | écriture |
| Deutsch | Handschrift |
| Italiano | scrittura, calligrafia |
| Ελληνικά | γραφή grafí |
| Русский | по́черк póčerk, шрифт font, пи́сьменность písʹmennostʹ |
| العربية | كِتَابَة kitāba |
noun (law) an original instrument or document
| Deutsch | Urschrift, Original |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | πρωτότυπο protótypo |
| Русский | оригина́л originál |
noun text of the dialogue and action for a drama
| Español | libreto, guion, script |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 각본 gakbon, 대본 daebon |
| 日本語 | 脚本 kyakuhon, 台本 daihon |
| 中文 | 腳本 /脚本 jiǎoběn, 劇本 /剧本 jùběn |
| Kiswahili | mswada |
| Português | script, roteiro |
| Français | script, scénario |
| Deutsch | Drehbuch, Skript |
| Italiano | copione |
| Ελληνικά | σενάριο senário |
| Română | scenariu, script |
| Русский | сцена́рий scenárij |
| Tiếng Việt | kịch bản |
| العربية | سِينَارْيُو sināryū |
| עברית | תַּסְרִיט |
noun (computing) procedure or program
| Español | script, guion |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스크립트 seukeuripteu |
| 日本語 | スクリプト sukuriputo |
| 中文 | 腳本 /脚本 jiǎoběn |
| Português | script |
| Français | script |
| Deutsch | Skript |
| Ελληνικά | εντολοδέσμη entolodésmi, δέσμη εντολών désmi entolón |
| Русский | скрипт skript, сцена́рий scenárij |
| Tiếng Việt | tập lệnh, kịch bản, script |
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