script

(skrĭpt)
n.

1. 1. Handwriting.
   2. A style of writing with cursive characters.
   3. A particular system of writing: cuneiform script.
2. Printing.
   1. A style of type that imitates handwriting.
   2. The matter set in this type.
3. 1. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.
   2. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.
4. Law. An original document.
5. Computer Science. A simple program in a utility language or an application's proprietary language.

tr.v., script·ed, script·ing, scripts.

1. To prepare (a text) for filming or broadcasting.
2. To orchestrate (behavior or an event, for example) as if writing a script: "the brilliant, charming, judicial moderate scripted by his White House fans" (Ellen Goodman).

[Middle English skript, a piece of writing, alteration of scrite, from Old French escrit, from Latin scrīptum, from neuter past participle of scrībere, to write.]

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(1) A program written in a general-purpose programming language. Such languages are typically interpreted and less comprehensive than full-blown compiled languages. See scripting language and interpreter.

(2) A program written in a special-purpose language such as used in a communications program or word processor. Such languages are typically interpreted. See macro language, scripting language and interpreter.

(3) A typeface that looks like continuously flowing handwriting (not hand printing) or calligraphy.

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n. a note; any piece of paper with a written message. (Underworld.)  Make him sign this script before you let him in on the deal.

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IN BRIEF: Handwriting; the text of a play or movie.

The script called for the star to scream loudly.

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sign description: The X-hand makes a quick strike down the palm of the opposite open hand.

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noun
noun, orig US

Shortened from prescription, esp. one for narcotic drugs. (1951 —) .
J. Brown You're just like a bloody junkie I know. Gets his script at mid-day every day, then works his fixes out (1972).

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For a list of words related to script, see:

• Stagecraft, Production, and Dramatic Structure - script: working version of play’s text
• Movie People and Show Business - script: screenplay
• Linguistics and Writing Systems - script: distinctive formation of letters by hand; handwriting; any system of writing

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Common misspelling(s) of script

• scirpt

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - skrift, håndskrift
v. tr. - lave manuskript (til)

2.
n. - recept

Nederlands (Dutch)
draaiboek, tekst, scenario, manuscript, schrijfletters, een tekst schrijven

Français (French)
1.
n. - manuscrit, écriture, script, document original
v. tr. - écrire le scénario de

2.
n. - (Méd) ordonnance

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Manuskript, Handschrift, Schrift, Skript, Drehbuch
v. - das Drehbuch schreiben zu

2.
n. - Skript

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γραφή, γράψιμο, χειρόγραφο, σενάριο ή θεατρικό κείμενο, δακτυλογραφημένο κείμενο, γραπτό (εξετάσεων), (νομ.) πρωτότυπο
v. - γράφω το σενάριο (ταινίας)
abbr. - στοιχεία γραφής

Italiano (Italian)
carattere (tipog.), manoscritto, scrittura, copione, sceneggiare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - roteiro, documento original (m) (Jur.)
v. - escrever um roteiro

Русский (Russian)
почерк, рукописный шрифт, сценарий, текст лекции, беседы, план действий, письменная работа экзаменующегося, подлинник (документа), рукопись, манускрипт

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - manuscrito, escritura
v. tr. - escribir el guión para una película

2.
n. - receta médica

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skrift, handskrift, skrivtecken, originalhandling, urkund, manus, skrivning, examensprov, skriftsystem
v. - skriva manus till
abbr. - skrift, skrivstil, biblisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
手稿, 剧本, 手迹, 把...改编为剧本

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 手稿, 劇本, 手跡
v. tr. - 把...改編為劇本

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 손으로 쓴 서체, 원본, 수험자의 답안지
v. tr. - 원고를 쓰다, ~을 대본화하다

2.
n. - 처방전

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 手書き, 筆記体文字, 字母体系, 答案, 台本

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مستند, نص مكتوب (فعل) يخط, يطبع (اختصار) مختصر ألكتاب ألمقدس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כתב-יד, כתב, תסריט של מחזה, סרט או שידור, מערכת אותיות-כתב בדפוס, תשובות למבחן, מסמך-מקור‬
v. tr. - ‮כתב תסריט‬
n. - ‮מירשם רופא‬

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