script

¹

[ skript ]

noun

1. the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
2. a manuscript or document.
3. the text of a manuscript or document.
4. the manuscript or one of various copies of the written text of a play, motion picture, or radio or television broadcast.
5. any system of writing.
6. Printing. a type imitating handwriting. Compare cursive.
7. 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)

1. to write a script for:

   The movie was scripted by a famous author.

2. to plan or devise; make arrangements for:

   The week-long festivities were scripted by a team of experts.

3. 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)

1. Digital Technology. to write an executable section of code that automates a task:

   Most programmers script in more than one programming language.

Script.

²

abbreviation for

1. Scriptural.
2. Scripture.

script

/ skrɪpt /

noun

1. handwriting as distinguished from print, esp cursive writing
2. the letters, characters, or figures used in writing by hand
3. any system or style of writing
4. written copy for the use of performers in films and plays
5. law
   1. an original or principal document
   2. (esp in England) a will or codicil or the draft for one
6. any of various typefaces that imitate handwriting
7. computing a series of instructions that is executed by a computer program
8. an answer paper in an examination
9. another word for scrip 3

verb

1. tr to write a script for

Other Words From

• scripter noun
• under·script noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of script¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English (noun), from Latin scriptum, noun use of neuter past participle of scrībere “to write”; replacing Middle English scrit, from Old French escrit, from Latin, as above; (verb) first recorded in 1930–35; from the noun.

Word History and Origins

Origin of script¹

C14: from Latin scriptum something written, from scrībere to write

Example Sentences

Moreover, the script transitions him, through Finan’s effective performance, from a gawky, bespectacled nerd putting on airs, into an unctuous political predator.

From Salon

Then she accused him of “pawing” through her script and — while mimicking his South African accent — claimed he didn’t laugh at the sketch a single time.

From Los Angeles Times

The musical, in the words of the published script, “was written as a Japanese conception of what a Broadway musical might be as conceived from the traditional Japanese theatrical viewpoint.”

From Los Angeles Times

Grace Hodgett Young, wearing sneakers and long sweat socks, plays Betty Schaefer, the bright studio script reader who tries to revive Joe’s passion, first as a writer and then as man.

From Los Angeles Times

“When I read the script I thought it was very interesting and very intellectual,” Rossellini says.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• article
• book
• copy
• dialogue
• libretto
• manuscript
• scenario
• text