Script

Quick meaning: Script is a noun meaning (countable) A writing; a written document.

Meaning

(countable) A writing; a written document.

More Meanings

1. Written characters; style of writing.
2. (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
3. (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
4. (by extension) A series of events with a predefined order and outcome.
5. (computing) A brief and simple program.
6. (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
7. (countable) 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.

Example Sentences

I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.

Shit, he got the scripts for the cough / In the H, gotta hit Johnny for the frost, swerved off

I was following a social script that teaches women to build lives around money they don’t fully understand.

But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman?

Word Forms

• scripts
• scripting
• scripted

Synonyms for script

Depending on context, synonyms include cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript, play, macro.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include handwriting, book, playscript, hand, transcript, write.

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