manuscript

CEFRC1

/ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/

noun · adjective

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  1. 01

    noun

    An author's original written text before it is published.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.

Examples

  • Can you manage to complete the manuscript by Friday?

  • You should come early in order for him to read your manuscript before your speech.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.

More examples

In context

  • In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.

  • The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

1597, from Medieval Latin manūscrīptus, a calque of Germanic origin, equivalent to Latin manū (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + Latin scrīptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)). Not found in Classical Latin.