Script Meaning
/skɹɪpt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA writing; a written document.
nounWritten characters; style of writing.
Sentence Examples
I can't read Arabic script.
The Arabic script was replaced by the Roman alphabet.
That line isn't in the original script.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The actors studied their lines from the ____ before the morning rehearsal started.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The actor memorized his entire ____ in just three days before rehearsals began.
Word Origin & History
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 From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman?"
— 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
"I was following a social script that teaches women to build lives around money they don’t fully understand."
— 2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026:
"He located a doctor in Brooklyn who was a writing fool. This croaker would go three scripts a day for as high as thirty tablets a script."
— 1977 [1953], William S. Burroughs, edited by Allen Ginsberg, Junky, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 20:
"Shit, he got the scripts for the cough / In the H, gotta hit Johnny for the frost, swerved off"
— 2014, “Don't Play”, performed by Travis Scott ft. Big Sean and The 1975:
"She gave me a Bipolar II diagnosis and a script for epilepsy medicine that could be used off-label in cases like mine."
— 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The actors studied their lines from the ____ before the morning rehearsal started.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The actor memorized his entire ____ in just three days before rehearsals began.