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Webster 1913 Edition


Script

Script

,
Noun.
[OE.
scrit
, L.
scriptum
something written, fr.
scribere
,
scriptum
to write: cf. OF.
escript
,
escrit
, F.
écrit
. See
Scribe
, and cf.
Scrip
a writing.]
1.
A writing; a written document.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
(Print.)
Type made in imitation of handwriting.
3.
(Law)
An original instrument or document.
4.
Written characters; style of writing.

Webster 1828 Edition


Script

SCRIPT

,
Noun.
A scrip. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


script

script

English

Noun

script (plural scripts)

  1. (countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.
  2. Written characters; style of writing.
  3. (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
  4. (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
  5. (countable) 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. (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
  7. (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
  8. An abbreviation for a prescription.

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Verb

script (third-person singular simple present scripts, present participle scripting, simple past and past participle scripted)

  1. (transitive) To make or write a script.

References

  • script in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Etymology

From English script.

Noun

script m (plural scripts)

  1. script (written dialogue for a play, film, etc.)

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • szkript

Etymology

From English script.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈskript]
  • Hyphenation: script

Noun

script (plural scriptek)

  1. (computing) script

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative script scriptek
accusative scriptet scripteket
dative scriptnek scripteknek
instrumental scripttel scriptekkel
causal-final scriptért scriptekért
translative scriptté scriptekké
terminative scriptig scriptekig
essive-formal scriptként scriptekként
essive-modal
inessive scriptben scriptekben
superessive scripten scripteken
adessive scriptnél scripteknél
illative scriptbe scriptekbe
sublative scriptre scriptekre
allative scripthez scriptekhez
elative scriptből scriptekből
delative scriptről scriptekről
ablative scripttől scriptektől
Possessive forms of script
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. scriptem scriptjeim
2nd person sing. scripted scriptjeid
3rd person sing. scriptje scriptjei
1st person plural scriptünk scriptjeink
2nd person plural scriptetek scriptjeitek
3rd person plural scriptjük scriptjeik

Portuguese

Etymology

From English script.

Noun

script m (plural scripts)

  1. (acting) script (text of the dialogue and action for a drama)
  2. (computing) script (source code that is interpreted rather than compiled)

Synonyms

  • (text of the dialogue and action for a drama): roteiro

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From English script.

Noun

script n (plural scripturi)

  1. script (of a film, play, show, etc.)

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Related terms

  • scriptic