script
script Lexical Profile
script Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The written text of a play, film, broadcast, or speech, providing the dialogue and stage or camera directions.
"The actors spent the entire morning rehearsing the new script before filming began."
An automated series of instructions or a short program executed by a specific software environment rather than compiled by a processor.
"The system administrator wrote a short script to back up the database automatically every night."
Handwriting as distinct from print, or a particular system of characters and symbols used for writing a language.
"She addressed the wedding invitations in a flowing calligraphic script."
A physician's written medical prescription.
"The doctor wrote a script for antibiotics to treat the sinus infection."
• verb
To write a text, screenplay, or dialogue for a play, film, or broadcast.
"She was hired to script a six-part historical drama for public television."
To plan, orchestrate, or arrange an event or course of action in advance with great precision.
"The campaign managers carefully scripted every stop on the candidate's tour."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse 'script' with its near-homophone 'scrip', which refers to a provisional certificate of money or land rather than a written text.
• Rhymes for script
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'script', borrowed from Old French 'escript' and directly from Latin 'scriptum' (something written), the neuter past participle of 'scribere' (to write).
Usage Trend
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