script

CEFRB1

/skɹɪpt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The written words for a play, film, or broadcast.

  2. 02

    noun

    A system of writing used for a language.

Examples

  • That line isn't in the original script.

  • The Arabic script was replaced by the Roman alphabet.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /skɾipʈ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Type made in imitation of handwriting.

  2. Written characters; style of writing.

  3. A writing; a written document.

More examples

In context

  • I can't read Arabic script.

  • I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.

  • But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman?

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The actors studied their lines from the blank before the morning rehearsal started.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).