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script

 
 
pronunciation:
skrIpt
parts of speech:
noun, transitive verb
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: the written text of a dialogue, play, movie, or the like.
definition 2: the characters used in handwriting, as opposed to printed characters; cursive writing.
synonyms:
cursive, handwriting
definition 3: a system of writing; alphabet.
the Braille script
synonyms:
alphabet
definition 4: a printer's typeface that imitates handwriting.
synonyms:
cursive
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)script ancient, audio, clerical, clever, cryptic, cuneiform, cursive, elegant, fancy, fantastic, feminine, final, finished, flowing, gothic, graceful, handwritten, interpersonal, legible, neat, old-fashioned, original, ornate, predictable, prepared, printed, revised, sexual, shaky, stylized, terrific, written  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)script adhere, co-write, collaborate, compile, deviate, direct, download, draft, edit, flip, follow, hand, inscribe, invent, memorize, omit, pen, pitch, pore, read, recite, review, revise, rework, rewrite, rewrote, stick, stray, type, veer, write  [See all][See only the most frequent]
(n.)script + verb adapt, bind, dial, engrave, improvise, rehearse, screenplay, submit, translate, tweak
noun + (n.)script Help alphabet, auditor, copy, draft, fantasy, film, imagery, movie, neon, pile, pilot, schema, screening, sequence, shooting, sitcom, spec, writing
 
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: scripts, scripting, scripted
definition: to write a script for or about.
She scripted a movie from the novel.The biographer scripted the president's life.
similar words:
adapt, produce, write
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)script carefully, completely, heavily, highly, largely, tightly
(v.)script + adverb better
(v.)script + nounHelp advance, answer, convention, drama, language, play, scene, show, speech, television, word
derivation: scripter (n.)
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  film, theater