script
702
3.2
- noun
- /skrɪpt/
- Before filming began, the director made sure everyone had a copy of the script to follow.
- write scripts
- read the script
- follow a script
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Watch on YouTubeDavid wrote a new script, which was great.
- David wrote a new script, which was great.
- Even if you never put it in the script, knowing it helps you.
- I guess I picked up the script and it scared me.
- But if you just focus on the script, the story, just that scene.
- You know, I get the scripts, we take notes, we make changes.
- And then it was not in the script, but he tried to attack my head.
- You wouldn't know it, but the original script opened and closed with a trial.
- And Christine Arbelu, our script supervisor, wins.
- Because then I didn't actually elect the script writer, right?
Examples
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Yeah, she wrote a part of a script, part of a play.
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Damien has written a script, Jackie has written a script.
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So that is not in the script at all.
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So the actual script used is this.
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I want to feel different at the end of the script than I did at the beginning.
Academic text (2008) -
The process allows them to write the script as well as to act in the play.
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Because it's in the script.
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Look, if you're gonna change the script, you have to tell us.
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I think we should rework the script a little.
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Teachers were provided scripts outlining the steps of the intervention and data collection sheets.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
115
3.7
A written plan for a film showing what characters say and do
4
9.0
Words of an opera or long musical work
2
7.4
A final detailed plan for filming that shows scenes, camera directions, and other production details
1
5.6
A script written to be shown on television
1
5.0
Written words of a play that show the lines and stage directions for performance
1
9.8
A written script for a film used in early silent movies
Compounds
- Specialized
2
7.4
A final detailed plan for filming that shows scenes, camera directions, and other production details
1
6.3
An alphabet of letters used to write Hebrew and other Jewish languages, for example Yiddish and Ladino
- Specialized
1
9.8
An ancient alphabet used to write Aramaic that influenced many later scripts
- Specialized
1
6.0
A computer language used to write small programs that do tasks for you
- Specialized
1
8.4
A set of written signs that a person or group makes for use with a language, often for fiction
- Specialized
1
9.9
A fast, flowing form of ancient Egyptian writing used by priests for religious and official texts
- Specialized
1
5.1
A tool that does tasks automatically in Google apps like Gmail and Sheets
- Specialized
1
9.9
A simple handwritten Egyptian writing used for everyday documents in ancient Egypt
- Specialized
1
8.0
A writing system where each symbol stands for a syllable like "ka" or "mo"
- Specialized
1
8.1
A writing system that uses symbols for syllables and is used for Hindi and Sanskrit
- Archaic
A simpler form of the Cyrillic alphabet for printing books and papers that are not religious
- Specialized
A writing system used for Hindi and Sanskrit that uses symbols for syllables and a horizontal line above the symbols
- Specialized
A writing system with one form for each letter and no capital or small letters
How Detailed
- Specialized
2
7.4
702
3.2
- Specialized
223
3.7
- Jargon
31
4.4
64
2.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Script comes from the Latin scribere 'to write' and scriptum 'a thing written'. A play or film script is simply the written text or instructions for actors, so the name comes from its original sense of 'something written'.