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Pronunciation: /skrɪpt/
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Definition of script

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] handwriting as distinct from print; written characters:her neat, tidy script
  • printed type imitating handwriting.
  • [with adjective] writing using a particular alphabet:Russian script
  • 2the written text of a play, film, or broadcast.
  • Computing an automated series of instructions carried out in a specific order.
  • 3British a candidate’s written answers in an examination.

verb

[with object]
  • write a script for (a play, film, or broadcast): it was perfectly scripted and beautifully acted

Phrases

flip the script

informal, chiefly North American reverse the usual or existing positions in a situation; do something unexpected or revolutionary:Campbell flips the script on the old beauty-and-the-beast formula she decided to flip the script and ask her boyfriend of eight years to marry her

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'something written'): shortening of Old French escript, from Latin scriptum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of scribere 'write'

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