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script

484 3.2
The written words used by actors in a play, film, or broadcast
  • noun
  • /skrɪpt/
translation icon : guion
  • Before filming began, the director made sure everyone had a copy of the script to follow.
  • write scripts
  • read the script
  • follow a script

David wrote a new script, which was great.

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Examples

  • Yeah, she wrote a part of a script, part of a play.

  • Damien has written a script, Jackie has written a script.

  • So that is not in the script at all.

  • So the actual script used is this.

  • 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.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Because it's in the script.

  • Look, if you're gonna change the script, you have to tell us.

  • I think we should rework the script a little.

  • Teachers were provided scripts outlining the steps of the intervention and data collection sheets.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

screenplay
vsscript
124 3.7

A written plan for a film showing what characters say and do

is the general performer guide, not only for motion pictures
libretto
vsscript
4 9.0

Words of an opera or long musical work

is a general performer guide used for spoken and staged pieces
shooting script
vsscript
  • Specialized
2 7.4

A final detailed plan for filming that shows scenes, camera directions, and other production details

is the basic performer guide without those technical production details
teleplay
vsscript
1 5.6

A script written to be shown on television

is the broader performer guide not limited to television
photoplay
vsscript
  • Archaic
1 9.8

A written script for a film used in early silent movies

is the general performer guide in modern use across media
playscript
vsscript
  • Literature
5.0

Written words of a play that show the lines and stage directions for performance

is a general performer guide used across stage, film, and broadcast settings

Compounds

shooting script
  • Specialized
2 7.4

A final detailed plan for filming that shows scenes, camera directions, and other production details

Handwriting in which letters join together in a smooth, flowing way

Aramaic script
  • Specialized
1 9.8

An ancient alphabet used to write Aramaic that influenced many later scripts

script language
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A computer language used to write small programs that do tasks for you

bicameral script
  • Specialized
8.9

A writing system whose letters have both capital and small forms

civil script
  • Archaic
8.1

A simpler form of the Cyrillic alphabet for printing books and papers that are not religious

constructed script
  • Specialized
8.4

A set of written signs that a person or group makes for use with a language, often for fiction

Demotic script
  • Specialized
9.9

A simple handwritten Egyptian writing used for everyday documents in ancient Egypt

Devanagari script
  • Specialized
8.1

A writing system that uses symbols for syllables and is used for Hindi and Sanskrit

A writing system that uses letters to show spoken sounds

artificial script
  • Specialized
7.9

A writing system made by people instead of growing naturally

App Script
  • Specialized
5.1

A tool that does tasks automatically in Google apps like Gmail and Sheets

An alphabet of letters used to write Hebrew and other Jewish languages, for example Yiddish and Ladino

hieratic script
  • Specialized
9.9

A fast, flowing form of ancient Egyptian writing used by priests for religious and official texts

ideographic script
  • Specialized
9.9

Symbols that show ideas instead of words or sounds

Nagari script
  • Specialized
9.3

A writing system used for Hindi and Sanskrit that uses symbols for syllables and a horizontal line above the symbols

syllabic script
  • Specialized
8.0

A writing system where each symbol stands for a syllable like "ka" or "mo"

unicameral script
  • Specialized
9.9

A writing system with one form for each letter and no capital or small letters

How Detailed

shooting script
  • Specialized
2 7.4
script
484 3.2
draft
  • Specialized
245 3.7
treatment
  • Jargon
119 4.4
outline
59 2.7

Surface Forms

script singular
scripts plural

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'.