script1
/skrɪpt
/noun
1 [mass noun] Handwriting as distinct from print; written characters: her neat, tidy script...
- At the same time another form of writing, cursive script, was also being developed.
- Underneath it were the words " Animal Martyr " emblazoned in a flowing, Gothic script.
- Each scroll was labeled along its edge in the flowing script used in most writing.
Synonyms
handwriting, writing, hand, autograph, pen, letters, longhand, penmanship, calligraphy, chirography;
scribble, scrawl
informal fist
1.1Printed type imitating handwriting.Neo, installed over the outside bar in the garden of Edison's in Tremont, once spelled the prefix so dear to art historians in letters of radically different scripts....
- Working with no clear plan, he brought in dozens of alphabetic letters in various scripts, sizes and colors.
- The font set features 9 unique, historically accurate script fonts.
1.2 [with adjective] Writing using a particular alphabet: Russian script...
- The quality of the Arabic script is quite poor, obviously copied by a Chinese artisan.
- Urdu uses an Arabic script, but Persian vocabulary and Hindi grammatical structure.
- For example, among the 26 nationalities in Yunnan, there are 11 nationalities that formerly used 24 writing scripts.
2The written text of a play, film, or broadcast.His repertoire includes movies, too, for which he's written successful scripts, and novels, one of which won the Booker Prize....
- His words depressed me to the point where I decided not to pursue script writing, even though I love writing scripts.
- Raw video footage was edited and narration was provided from carefully prepared scripts.
Synonyms
text, book, screenplay, libretto, lyrics, score, lines, parts, dialogue, words, manuscript
2.1 Computing An automated series of instructions carried out in a specific order.So I decided to write my own Perl script to do the job....
- Learn to read shell scripts and follow their workings.
- One way to do this is to remotely run a simple, undocumented CGI script installed on the drive.
3British A candidate’s written answers in an examination.Each of the unitary awarding bodies addressed the need to modernise the system for marking exam scripts by developing an electronic marking process...
- Part of a lecturer's job will be the assessment of students and, as such, the marking of examination scripts would, without doubt, be seen as reasonably incidental to the job.
- There will not be an opportunity for students to access their exam scripts until after the deadline has passed.
verb [with object]
Write a script for (a play, film, or broadcast): it was perfectly scripted and beautifully acted...
- Now my tightly scripted movie falls apart, and it's improvise from here on out.
- Rarely will you see apparent anarchy and carefully scripted comedy so happily married.
- Documentaries can be as heavily scripted as fictional movies.
Phrases
flip the script
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'something written'): shortening of Old French escript, from Latin scriptum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of scribere 'write'.
Rhymes
script2
/skrɪpt/noun informal
A doctor’s prescription, especially one for narcotic drugs.‘It is not about convenience and it's not about saving dollars, it's about the best clinical action of writing a script for a patient,’ she said....
- Go the the doc and get a script for it.
- I was in Australia recently and I had forgotten to get a script made out for my medication.
Origin
1950s: abbreviation.