US /skɹəpt/ UK /skɹɪpt/
verb noun Freq #3047

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

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

    The actors read through the script before filming began.

  2. 2
    noun

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

    Arabic is written in a flowing, connected script.

  3. 3
    noun

    A short, simple computer program.

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

  4. 4
    verb

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

    She scripted the movie based on her own novel.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the written text of a play,... book
Word family
Forms scriptedscriptingscripts
Derived forms beat-scriptconscripthere-scriptinscriptretroscriptingscriptoriumscriptwritersubscripting
Related forms scripture

Etymology

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

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