script

A2 Topic:Film & Television

US /skrɪpt/ UK /skɹɪpt/ See IPA manual

Freq #3047

Meanings

1

noun
The written text of a play, film, or broadcast.

The actors read through the script before filming began.
2

noun
A system or style of writing, including its letters and characters.

Arabic is written in a flowing, connected script.
3

noun
A short, simple computer program.

I wrote a Python script to rename all the files at once.
4

verb
To write a script for a film, play, or show.

She scripted the movie based on her own novel.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the written text of a play,... book

Word family

Forms scriptedscriptingscripts

Derived forms beat-scriptconscripthere-scriptinscriptretroscriptingscriptoriumscriptwritersubscripting

Related forms scripture

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Phrases (1)

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syllabic script
a writing system in which symbols represent syllables

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

*(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European scrit Middle English escrit Old French scriptum Latin

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Topics

Film & Television Theater & Performance Entertainment & Leisure

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# script

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /skrɪpt/
**IPA (UK):** /skɹɪpt/
**Frequency rank:** 3047

## Meanings
1. The written text of a play, film, or broadcast.
2. A system or style of writing, including its letters and characters.
3. A short, simple computer program.
4. To write a script for a film, play, or show.

## Examples
- The actors read through the script before filming began.
- Arabic is written in a flowing, connected script.
- I wrote a Python script to rename all the files at once.
- She scripted the movie based on her own novel.

## Derived Forms
- beat-script
- conscript
- here-script
- inscript
- retroscripting
- scriptorium
- scriptwriter
- subscripting

## Related Forms
- scripture

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)kreybʰ-
- Root: scrit
- Root: escrit
- Root: scriptum

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

## AI Etymology
Script is from Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”). Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-, Middle English scrit, Old French escrit, Latin scriptum. In current use it includes senses such as The written text of a play, film, or broadcast and A system or style of writing, including its letters and characters.

## Topics
- Film & Television
- Theater & Performance
- Entertainment & Leisure

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