script
Plural: scripts
Noun
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- something written by hand
- a particular orthography or writing system
- A writing; a written document.
- Written characters; style of writing.
- Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- An original instrument or document.
- 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.
- A brief and simple program.
- A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
- Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
- A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
Verb
Verb Forms: scripted, scripting, scripts
- To prepare a written text for a performance or production.
- write a script for
- "The playwright scripted the movie"
- To make or write a script.
- To devise, concoct, or contrive.
Examples
- He tried to SCRIPT his game strategy, but the random tile draws always changed the plot.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).
Synonyms
book, hand, handwriting, playscript, batch file, cursive, language script, macro, manuscript, play, shell script, writing system
Scrabble Score: 10
script: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordscript: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
script: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary