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- pronunciation:
- mae
ny
skrIpt
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a text as prepared by the author to submit for publication.
She sent the manuscript of her play to one publisher after another.The editor returned his manuscript with a note suggesting that it was far too long.- similar words:
- copy, draft, submission, text
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| definition 2: |
a handwritten text, or handwriting as distinguished from print.
He couldn't remember the whole speech, and he frequently looked at his crumpled manuscript.The pharmacist found it difficult to decipher the doctor's manuscript.- similar words:
- codex, handwriting, longhand, script, scroll, text
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| related words: |
book, composition |
adjective + (n.)manuscript
ancient,
anonymous,
biblical,
completed,
early,
editorial,
extant,
final,
finished,
handwritten,
helpful,
illuminated,
illustrated,
lengthy,
lost,
medieval,
missing,
novel,
original,
rare,
rejected,
revised,
sacred,
savage,
submitted,
surviving,
typed,
unfinished,
unpublished,
unsolicited,
valuable,
written
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verb + (n.)manuscript
circulate, complete, copy, discover, edit, hand, illuminate, mail, prepare, preserve, read, reject, review, revise, send, solicit, type
(n.)manuscript
+ verb
accept, accompany, benefit, contain, date, detail, document, entitle, pile, print, publish, receive, rewrite, submit, transcribe, translate, write
noun + (n.)manuscript
archive,
assistance,
author,
book,
collection,
comment,
copy,
curator,
document,
down,
draft,
editing,
editor,
envelope,
examination,
folder,
footnote,
linen,
logo,
margin,
miniature,
monk,
nonfiction,
pile,
postcard,
preparation,
print,
publisher,
query,
reading,
review,
reviewer,
sermon,
stack,
submission,
suggestion,
testament,
text,
translation,
trunk,
version
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
handwritten or typed, as distinct from printed.
A manuscript copy of the play still exists.- similar words:
- draft, rough, typed
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The word manuscript
contains the following parts:
man, mani, manu, main
Latin
root
that means hand
  Example words:
amanuensis, bimanual, emancipate, maintain, maintenance, manacle, manage, manager, mandate, maneuver, manicure, manifest, manipulate, manual, manufacture, manumission, manumit, manuscript, mortmain, quadrumanous
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
Example words:
ascribe, ascription, circumscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, escritoire, imprescriptible, indescribable, inscribe, inscription, manuscript, nondescript, oversubscribe, postscript, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, proscription, rescript, scribal, scribble, scribbler, scribe1, scrip, script, scriptorium, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrivener, subscribe, subscript, subscription, superscribe, superscript, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, typescript
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