script
//skɹɪpt//
Forms
- Plural
- scripts
- present (v1)
- script
- past (v2)
- scripted
- past participle (v3)
- scripted
- present participle
- scripting
- 3rd person singular
- scripts
Definitions
1.A writing; a written document.
2.Written characters; style of writing.
- But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark, could it be from some London Woman?
3.Type made in imitation of handwriting.
4.An original instrument or document.
1.To devise, concoct, or contrive.
- Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.
2.To make or write a script.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3122
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin scrīptum
Old French escritbor.
Middle English scrit
English script