Sekirov Dictionary

script

/skɹɪpt/

noun 11
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun11

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Written characters; style of writing.
- But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman? — 1934
a written plan for a play or movie that sets out every line the actors speak and what they do
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A brief and simple program.
- I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.
A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
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A series of events with a predefined order and outcome.
- I was following a social script that teaches women to build lives around money they don’t fully understand. — 2026
Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
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(informal) Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
- He located a doctor in Brooklyn who was a writing fool. This croaker would go three scripts a day for as high as thirty tablets a script. — 1977
A writing; a written document.
An original instrument or document.
Type made in imitation of handwriting.

verb2

To make or write a script.
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To devise, concoct, or contrive.
- Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book. — 2018

forms

scripted · scripting · scripts

Phrases with script

script out
To create a script of (something) (the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance).

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