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Screenplay

/skrˈiˌnpleɪ/
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(noun) A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.

She became famous after having written the screenplay for that movie.
Tom wrote the screenplay.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She spent three years writing the ____ before it was finally picked up by a studio.

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