Definitions for SCRIPT
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. script, book, playscriptnoun

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

2. handwriting, hand, scriptnoun

   something written by hand

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

3. scriptverb

   a particular orthography or writing system

4. scriptverb

   write a script for

   "The playwright scripted the movie"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scriptnoun

   A writing; a written document.

2. scriptnoun

   Written characters; style of writing.

3. scriptnoun

   Type made in imitation of handwriting.

4. scriptnoun

   An original instrument or document.

5. scriptnoun

   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.

6. scriptnoun

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

7. scriptnoun

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

8. scriptnoun

   An abbreviation for a prescription.

9. scriptverb

   to make or write a script

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

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scriptnoun

   a writing; a written document

2. Scriptnoun

   type made in imitation of handwriting

3. Scriptnoun

   an original instrument or document

4. Scriptnoun

   written characters; style of writing

5. 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.]

FreebaseRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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  

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   script

   A system of writing.

   Various types of software have script within them.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020  

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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?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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 Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:

   Between the black box proprietary code, barebones computers we call voting machines and a mass of completely unqualified election officials, our election system is up for grabs to anybody with even a modest interest and some script kiddie capability. The cyber-kinetic attack surface here is wide open.

2. Burt Reynolds:

   I think I have a performance in me. It's a good one, i don't know if I'll get that script. I'm hoping.

3. Catholic University of America:

   All of the dresses have certain verifiable characteristics, including, for example, a' secret pocket' on the right side of the pinafore skirt for Dorothy's handkerchief,' Judy Garland' written by hand in a script specific to a single person who labeled all of the extant dresses in the same hand. Apparently, the thin material of the blouse was prone to tearing when Judy Garland as Dorothy took it off after filming, and a seamstress often repaired it before Judy Garland as Dorothy donned it for the next shoot.

4. Matt Denton and Joshua Lee:

   I never read the script, i don't really know what happens in the film. I was there on set, from the first week to the last, but there are massive plot points that I don't know about.

5. Brad Pitt:

   ' Brad Pitt was just doing as instructed in the script. So we were the knobs in the end....

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