screenplay

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.

   I know Corinne would be happy if I started writing scripts again. Since my last screenplay, I haven't written anything in over four months.

2. 2
   verb

   To write a screenplay.

   Also, in the case of this novel, its adaption to the big screen in 1983, directed by James Ivory, screenplayed by Jhabvala herself—screenwriter of the year, London Critics Film Award, 1984—awarded with a BAFTA, and nominated for the Palme d'Or, gave rise to Heat and Dust's great success.

3. 3
   noun

   a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets

Etymology

From screen + play.