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script

Pronunciation: /skɹɪpt/

The English word “script” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A writing; a written document.
  2. Written characters; style of writing.
  3. Type made in imitation of handwriting.
  4. An original instrument or document.
  5. 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.
  6. A series of events with a predefined order and outcome.
  7. A brief and simple program.
  8. A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
  9. A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

verb

  1. To make or write a script.
  2. To devise, concoct, or contrive.

Etymology

From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).

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