Definitions for SCRIPT
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. script, book, playscript(noun)

   a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

2. handwriting, hand, script(noun)

   something written by hand

   "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"

3. script(verb)

   a particular orthography or writing system

4. script(verb)

   write a script for

   "The playwright scripted the movie"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. script(Noun)

   A writing; a written document.

   Etymology: scrit, scriptum (something written), from scribo.

2. script(Noun)

   Written characters; style of writing.

   Etymology: scrit, scriptum (something written), from scribo.

3. script(Noun)

   Type made in imitation of handwriting.

   Etymology: scrit, scriptum (something written), from scribo.

4. script(Noun)

   An original instrument or document.

   Etymology: scrit, scriptum (something written), from scribo.

5. script(Noun)

   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.

   Etymology: scrit, scriptum (something written), from scribo.

6. script(Noun)

   A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.

   Etymology: scrit, scriptum (something written), from scribo.

7. script(Noun)

   A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

   Etymology: scrit, scriptum (something written), from scribo.

8. script(Noun)

   An abbreviation for a prescription.

   Etymology: scrit, scriptum (something written), from scribo.

9. script(Verb)

   to make or write a script

   Etymology: scrit, scriptum (something written), from scribo.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Script(noun)

   a writing; a written document

   Etymology: [OE. scrit, L. scriptum something written, fr. scribere, scriptum to write: cf. OF. escript, escrit, F. crit. See Scribe, and cf. Scrip a writing.]

2. Script(noun)

   type made in imitation of handwriting

   Etymology: [OE. scrit, L. scriptum something written, fr. scribere, scriptum to write: cf. OF. escript, escrit, F. crit. See Scribe, and cf. Scrip a writing.]

3. Script(noun)

   an original instrument or document

   Etymology: [OE. scrit, L. scriptum something written, fr. scribere, scriptum to write: cf. OF. escript, escrit, F. crit. See Scribe, and cf. Scrip a writing.]

4. Script(noun)

   written characters; style of writing

   Etymology: [OE. scrit, L. scriptum something written, fr. scribere, scriptum to write: cf. OF. escript, escrit, F. crit. See Scribe, and cf. Scrip a writing.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. SCRIPT

   SCRIPT, any of a series of text markup languages starting with Script under Control Program-67/Cambridge Monitor System and Script/370 under Virtual Machine Facility/370; the current version, SCRIPT/VS, is part of IBM's Document Composition Facility for IBM z/VM and z/OS systems. SCRIPT was developed for CP-67/CMS by Stuart Madnick at MIT, succeeding CTSS RUNOFF. SCRIPT is a procedural markup language. Inline commands called control words, indicated by a period in the first column of a logical line, describe the desired appearance of the formatted text. SCRIPT originally provided a 2PASS option to allow text to refer to variables defined later in the text, but subsequent versions allowed more than two passes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Script

   skript, n. (print.) type like written letters: a writing: (law) an original document: handwriting.—n. Scrip′tion, a handwriting. [O. Fr. escript—L. scriptum—scribĕre, to write.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. script

   A system of sequenced writing, coding within a type of computer, computer language, software, computer program, app, website or webpage.

   The software programmers were creating the script very efficiently for the new system.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020  

2. script

   A system of writing.

   Various types of software have script within them.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020  

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1. script

   The script symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the script symbol and its characteristic.

2. script

   Song lyrics by script -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by script on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SCRIPT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4774

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'SCRIPT' in Nouns Frequency: #2194

How to pronounce SCRIPT?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say SCRIPT in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SCRIPT in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SCRIPT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of SCRIPT in a Sentence

1. James Inhofe:

   We hear this perpetual headline that 2014 has been the warmest year on record, but now the script has flipped.

2. Paul Newman:

   Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. You can't give a reason why.

3. Alek Skarlatos:

   [ Eastwood ] just told us to be ourselves and luckily since it’s pretty much all three of us playing ourselves, we pretty much were able to relax and have some fun, there was a script but we ad-lipped a lot and if there was something we would n’t actually say we would change it.

4. Daniele Cutugno:

   There are many actors, but it seems like everyone has their own script, there needs to be greater coordination of who does what.

5. George Clooney:

   Grant and I couldn't be more excited to be involved with this incredible project, mark is a writer we've long admired and his script is haunting. We're thrilled to be working with our friends at Netflix as well.

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