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How to pronounce script in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hand, handwriting
Type of writing
Has types cursive, cacography, calligraphy, chirography, cursive script, longhand, penmanship, running hand, scratch, scrawl, scribble, shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy
Derivation scriptural
Type Words
Synonyms book, playscript
Type of dramatic work, dramatic composition
Has types dialog, screenplay, continuity, shooting script, scenario, dialogue, libretto, prompt copy, promptbook
Type Words
Type of orthography, writing system
Has types nagari, nagari script, pahlavi, aramaic, alphabet, syllabary, syllabic script, avestan, uighur, uigur, uncial, devanagari, devanagari script, aramaic script, uygur, brahmi, cuneiform
Type Words
Type of compose, indite, pen, write


The playwright scripted the movie.

Examples of script

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We talk to some switchers and offer advice on how to script your own second act.
From the businessweek.com
Amy and I would soon find out that this script would not include a happy ending.
From the online.wsj.com
Said script features cowboys and Indians who form a united front against aliens.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
I'm not a fan of Opra's narration, but it's not her fault the script is lacking.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
West is a tea party superstar, but he hasn't always followed its script, either.
From the sacbee.com
I got another script the other day for a dire romantic comedy with Cameron Diaz.
From the irishtimes.com
American Beauty has a better script, better structuring, and people who can act.
From the independent.co.uk
I would suggest he goes back to his Tory masters and asks them for a new script.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's like someone wrote you a script and all you have to do is repeat the lines.
From the delawareonline.com
More examples
  • A written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
  • Write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"
  • Handwriting: something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"
  • A particular orthography or writing system
  • (scripted) written as for a film or play or broadcast
  • SCRIPT/VS is a text formatting language developed at IBM in the 1980s. SCRIPT/VS uses inline commands such as .ce to center a piece of text, or .sp 3 to add three lines of vertical space.
  • SCRIPT is the acronym for the Scottish Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technologies, located at the School of Law in the University of Edinburgh. SCRIPT is also known as the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. ...
  • A script is a document describing the narrative and dialogue of a comic book in detail. It is the comic book equivalent of a television program teleplay or a film screenplay.
  • A scripting language, script language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications. ...