script

noun

(countable) 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.

(computing) A brief and simple program.

(computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.

(countable) A writing; a written document.

Written characters; style of writing.

(typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.

(countable, law) An original instrument or document.

(linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

(informal) Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine). [(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.]

(psychology) Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.

verb

(transitive) To make or write a script.

(transitive) To devise, concoct, or contrive.

Roots

scriboscript- · Latin · write

Synonyms for script

teleplayadj handwritingn typescriptn writingn scenarion bookn manuscriptn libretton playbookn graphemics

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