script
pronunciation
How to pronounce script in British English:
UK [skrɪpt]
How to pronounce script in American English:
US [skrɪpt]
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- Noun:
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- something written by hand
- a particular orthography or writing system
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- Verb:
- write a script for
Word Origin
- script (n.)
- late 14c., "something written," earlier scrite (c. 1300), from Old French escrit "piece of writing, written paper; credit note, IOU; deed, bond" (Modern French écrit) from Latin scriptum "a writing, book; law; line, mark," noun use of neuter past participle of scribere "to write," from PIE *skribh- "to cut, separate, sift" (cognates: Greek skariphasthai "to scratch an outline, sketch," Lettish skripat "scratch, write," Old Norse hrifa "scratch"), from root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)) on the notion of carving marks in stone, wood, etc. Meaning "handwriting" is recorded from 1860. Theatrical use, short for manuscript, is attested from 1884. The importance of Rome to the spread of civilization in Europe is attested by the fact that the word for "write" in Celtic and Germanic (as well as Romanic) languages derives from scribere (French écrire, Irish scriobhaim, Welsh ysgrifennu, German schreiben). The cognate Old English scrifan means "to allot, assign, decree" (see shrive; also compare Old Norse skript "penance") and Modern English uses write (v.) to express this action.
- script (v.)
- "adapt (a work) for broadcasting or film," 1935, from script (n.). Related: Scripted; scripting.
Synonym
Example
- 1. There is a script we must stick to !
- 2. Their script is depressingly easy to write .
- 3. So how do you decipher an unknown script ?
- 4. As your fourth choice you 've chosen its script in english translation .
- 5. Like a fingerprint our script expresses us uniquely and in a way that lasts .