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| script [ skript ] |
noun (plural scripts) |
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1. text of play or broadcast: the printed version of a stage play, movie screenplay, or radio or television broadcast, including the words to be spoken and often also technical directions
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2. text instructing somebody what to say: a real or imagined piece of text setting out what somebody is to say or do on a specific occasion
  The president stuck to his script and refused to comment on side issues.
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3. manuscript: an original document or manuscript
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4. handwriting: characters written by hand, especially in cursive form
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5. system of writing: any system of characters used in writing
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6. printed type resembling writing: printed type designed to imitate handwriting
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7. series of commands in computer program: a sequence of automated computer commands embedded in a program that tells the program to execute a specific procedure when a Web page is opened or a hypertext link is clicked
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transitive verb (past and past participle script·ed, present participle script·ing, 3rd person present singular scripts) |
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1. write script for something: to write or prepare a script for something, especially a play, film, or broadcast
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2. direct somebody to say or do something: to make or arrange something as if according to a script
carefully scripted comments
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin scriptus< scribere "write"] |
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| script·ed adjective |
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