to script
15
3.9
- verb
- /skrɪpt/
- I have just scripted a new series that I'm doing and you know what it's called?
- a scripted lesson
- teachers script lessons
- teach scripted lessons
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- Yeah, I scripted it as a rant.
- I have just scripted a new series that I'm doing and you know what it's called?
Examples
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The teacher then provided 10 minutes of math instruction using a scripted direct instruction program.
Academic text (2012) -
The subtests were administered by teachers who followed scripted instructions provided by the test publishers.
Academic text (2013) -
And in reality, to write a great script, it's none of that.
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But yeah, I'd rather just write the script itself.
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In other words, the film was scripted to be this way.
Academic text (2017) -
He was chosen to script the new documentary about climate change.
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After many revisions, the team finally completed the script for the upcoming play.
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As a seasoned writer, she loves to script emotional scenes for her films.
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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Script as a verb comes from the Latin scribere 'to write' and meant to put words down in writing. So to script a show is simply to write the written plan or text that actors and directors will use.