noun

script

script, screenplay, handwriting, text

The actor forgot his lines from the script.

The actor forgot his lines from the script.

Her script was neat and easy to read.

Her script was neat and easy to read.

The computer runs a script every morning.

The computer runs a script every morning.

((a/the)) script a written text for a play, film, etc. The actor forgot his lines from the script.

Synonyms: screenplay, text, lines, handwriting

From Latin 'scriptum' meaning 'a thing written', from 'scribere' (to write).

Think of a doctor's 'prescription' – it's a written script of instructions.

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