script
[noun]
Synonyms:
- text, book, copy, dialogue, libretto, lines, words
- handwriting, calligraphy, penmanship, writing

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

script S3 /skrɪpt/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: scriptum 'something written', from scribere; ⇒ scribe]

1. [countable] the written form of a speech, play, film etc ⇒ screenplay:
They write all their own scripts.
a film script

2. [uncountable and countable] the set of letters that are used in writing a language:
Arabic script

3. [countable] British English a piece of work that a student writes in an examination

4. [singular, uncountable] formal writing done by hand Synonym : handwriting:
a diary entry written in neat black script

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

script
noun
I. text of a play, film, etc.
ADJ. draft | original | final | drama, film, movie, news, radio, television/TV
VERB + SCRIPT prepare, write | read
SCRIPT + NOUN editor
PREP. ~ about a script about a farmer's life
~ for a script for children's TV

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

script
II. system/style of writing
ADJ. neat | cursive | copperplate | bold, italic, roman | phonetic | Cyrillic, Hebrew, Japanese, etc.
VERB + SCRIPT decipher, read Archaeologists have had trouble deciphering the script.
PREP. in a/the ~ She writes in a neat copperplate script.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲