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script  (skrpt)
n.
1.
a. Handwriting.
b. A style of writing with cursive characters.
c. A particular system of writing: cuneiform script.
2. Printing
a. A style of type that imitates handwriting.
b. The matter set in this type.
3.
a. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.
b. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.
4. Law An original document.
5. Computer Science A simple program in a utility language or an application's proprietary language.
tr.v. script·ed, script·ing, scripts
1. To prepare (a text) for filming or broadcasting.
2. To orchestrate (behavior or an event, for example) as if writing a script: "the brilliant, charming, judicial moderate scripted by his White House fans" (Ellen Goodman).

[Middle English skript, a piece of writing, alteration of scrite, from Old French escrit, from Latin scrptum, from neuter past participle of scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Indo-European roots.]

script
Noun
1. the text of a play, TV programme, or film for the use of performers
2. an alphabet or system of writing: Cyrillic script
3. a candidate's answer paper in an examination
4. handwriting
5. a typeface which looks like handwriting
Verb
to write a script for [Latin scriptum something written]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scriptscript - a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
dramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.
prompt copy, promptbook - the copy of the playscript used by the prompter
continuity - a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
dialog, dialogue - the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
libretto - the words of an opera or musical play
scenario - an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)
screenplay - a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets
shooting script - the final detailed script for making a movie or TV program
2.scriptscript - something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"
handwriting - the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis"
shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy - a method of writing rapidly
cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand - rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
writing - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"
calligraphy, chirography, penmanship - beautiful handwriting
cacography, scrawl, scribble, scratch - poor handwriting
3.script - a particular orthography or writing system
orthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
Aramaic script, Aramaic - an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it
Avestan - the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written
Brahmi - a script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed
Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari script - a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
Pahlavi - the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language
Uighur, Uigur, Uygur - the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
uncial - a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
cuneiform - an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
syllabary, syllabic script - a writing system whose characters represent syllables
alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
Verb1.script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"
authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

script
Translations
script [skrɪpt] n (CINE etc) → guión m (= writing); escritura, letra

script [skrɪpt] n (Cine etc) → scénario m, texte m;
(in exam) → copie f (= writing); (écriture f) script m

script [skrɪpt] n (Cine) → Drehbuch nt;
(of speech, play etc) → Text m;
(alphabet) → Schrift f;
(in exam) → schriftliche Arbeit f

script [skrɪpt] n (CINE etc) → copione m;
(in exam) → elaborato or compito d'esame (= writing); scrittura

script
n script [skript]
the text of a play, talk etc Have the actors all got their scripts? teks, manuskrip نَص сценарий text manuskript das Manuskript κείμενο (ρόλου,ομιλίας), σενάριο guión, escritura, texto käsikiri متن فيلمنامه و نمايشنامه käsikirjoitus texte תַסרִיט लिखावट rukopis, scenarij szöveg(könyv) teks sandiwara handrit copione 台本 각본, 대본 tekstas scenārijs; (aktiera) teksts skrip tekst manus, (skuespill)tekst; dreiebok tekst texto sce­na­riu; text сценарий text, scenár besedilo rukopis manus, manuskript บทละคร senaryo 劇本(的手稿) сценарій لکھے ہوئے حروف kịch bản 稿
n scriptwriter
a person who writes the texts for radio or television programmes. draaiboekskrywer كاتِب النُّصوص сценарист autor textu manuskriptforfatter der/die Werbetexter(in) κειμενογράφος, σεναριογράφος guionista stsenarist فيلمنامه يا نمايشنامه نويس käsikirjoittaja scénariste תַסרִיטַאי आलेखक scenarist, autor teksta szövegkönyvíró penulis skrip handritshöfundur sceneggiatore 脚本家 (영화·연극·텔레비전·라디오 방송용) 대본 작가 scenaristas, radijo laidos autorius scenārists penulis skrip tekstschrijver tekstforfatter autor tekstów radiowych/telewizyjnych roteirista scena­rist сценарист autor textu pisec besedil pisac manusförfattare ผู้เขียนบทภาพยนตร์หรือโทรทัศน์หรือรายการวิทยุ senaryo yazarı, senarist 影視劇作者 сценарист نشریے فلم وغیرہ کا منظر نگار người viết kịch bản


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