script A2 Topic:Communication US /skɹəpt/ 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the written text of a play,... book Word family Forms scriptedscriptingscripts Derived forms beat-scriptconscripthere-scriptinscriptretroscriptingscriptoriumscriptwritersubscripting Related forms scripture Common collocations syllabic script Adjective + noun Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Communication Technology & Computing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # script **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /skɹəpt/ **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 - Communication - Technology & Computing markdown