script
UK/skɹɪpt/
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New Zealand/skɹəpt/
script noun: a writing; a written document. Also the ellipsis of behavioral script.
Noun
script (countable and uncountable, plural scripts)
- A writing; a written document.
- Synonyms:
- cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript
- Written characters; style of writing.
- But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman?1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- Synonyms:
- cursive
- An original instrument or document.
- The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
- Synonyms:
- play
- A series of events with a predefined order and outcome.
- I was following a social script that teaches women to build lives around money they don’t fully understand.2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026
- A brief and simple program.
- I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.
- A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
- Synonyms:
- batch file, macro, shell script
- A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- Synonyms:
- language script, writing system
Verb
script (third-person singular simple present scripts, present participle scripting, simple past and past participle scripted)
- To make or write a script.
- To devise, concoct, or contrive.
- Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487
Also used as
script is also the ellipsis of behavioral script.
script is also the clipping of prescription.
script meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
script in Hindi
- written characters, style of writing
- लिपि lipi, लेखन lekhan
- a system of writing
- लिपि lipi
script in Urdu
- written characters, style of writing
- لیکھن lekhan
- a system of writing
- لپی lipi
script in Telugu
- written characters, style of writing
- లిపి lipi
script in Malayalam
- written characters, style of writing
- ലിപി lipi
- text of the dialogue and action for a drama
- തിരക്കഥ tirakkatha
More languagesFewer languages
- script in Sanskrit
- अक्षर akṣara
- script in Assamese
- আখৰ akhor, লিপি lipi, হৰফ horoph
- script in Tagalog
- sulatsay
- script in Arabic
- كِتَابَة kitāba, سِينَارْيُو sināryū, خَطّ ḵaṭṭ, حَرْف ḥarf
- script in Persian
- نَمایِشنامِه, خط xat
- script in Thai
- บทละคร bòt-lá-kɔɔn, อักษร àk-sɔ̌ɔn
- script in Vietnamese
- kịch bản, tập lệnh, script, văn tự
- script in Myanmar
- ဇာတ်ညွှန်း jathnywan:
Examples of script in a sentence
- Remove that line of code and the script should stop erroring there.
- It's a great application, but the scripting language is hard to learn.
- He was able to repeat the entire script word for word.
Synonyms of script
Forms of script
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | scripts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scripts |
| present participle | scripting |
| past participle | scripted |
| past | scripted |
Origin of script
From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).
Words formed from script
- artificial script
- beat-script
- Bengali script
- bronze script
- clerical script
- clerkly script
- conscript
- constructed script
- cultural script
- Cyrillic script
- flip the script
- Fraser script
- grass script
- great seal script
- here-script
- Indic script
- Indus script
- inscript
- insular script
- Khitan large script
- Khitan small script
- large seal script
- Latin script
- lesser seal script
- love script
- oracle bone script
- Pollard script
- post script
- prompt script
- Qin script
- regular script
- retroscripting
- Roman script
- running script
- script doctor
- script editor
- script fill
- scripting language
- script kiddie
- script kiddy
- script monkey
- scriptorium
- scriptwriter
- seal script
- small seal script
- spec script
- square script
- subscripting
- Sundanese script
- Tibetan script
- script out
Phrases with script
- off script
- Clear Script
- shell script
- JavaFX Script
- script doctors
- script editors
- script kiddies
- script monkeys
- language script
- flips the script
- script supervisor
- flipped the script
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with script
Questions about script
- What does script mean?
- Script means a writing; a written document.
- What is script in Hindi?
- Script in Hindi is लिपि (lipi), लेखन (lekhan). See Script meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is script?
- Script can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce script?
- Script is pronounced /skɹɪpt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of script?
- The plural of script is scripts.
Words near script in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: script (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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