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script

script
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [skript]
    • /skrɪpt/
    • /skrɪpt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [skript]
    • /skrɪpt/

Definitions of script word

  • noun script the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing. 1
  • noun script a manuscript or document. 1
  • noun script the text of a manuscript or document. 1
  • noun script the manuscript or one of various copies of the written text of a play, motion picture, or radio or television broadcast. 1
  • noun script any system of writing. 1
  • noun script Printing. a type imitating handwriting. Compare cursive. 1

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Origin of script

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English (noun) < Latin scriptum, noun use of neuter past participle of scrībere “to write”; replacing Middle English scrit, from Old French escrit, from Latin, as above

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Script

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

script popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

script usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for script

verb script

  • authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
  • authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
  • bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
  • clef — A clef is a symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates the pitch of the written notes.
  • comp — Comp is short for compensation.

noun script

  • autography — the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
  • calligraphy — Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen.
  • chicken scratch — Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products.
  • cuneiform — wedge-shaped

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