script

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Synonyms: scrip, escript, wscript, scrips, jscript, scrit, ascript, cript, stript, skript

Antonyms: scrip, escript, wscript, scrips, jscript, scrit, ascript, cript, stript, skript

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[writing]]; a [[written]] [[document]].
2. [[written|Written]] [[character]]s; [[style]] of [[writing]].
3. {{lb|en|typography}} [[type|Type]] made in [[imitation]] of [[handwriting]].
4. {{lb|en|countable|legal}} An [[original]] [[instrument]] or [[document]].
5. {{senseid|en|literary composition for performance}} {{lb|en|countable}} The [[written]] [[document]] containing the [[dialogue]] and [[action]] for a [[drama]]; the [[text]] of a [[stage play]], [[movie]], or other [[performance]]. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
6. {{lb|en|by extension}} A [[series]] of events with a [[predefined]] order and [[outcome]].
7. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[brief]] and [[simple]] program.
8. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[file]] containing a list of user [[command]]s, allowing them to be invoked once to [[execute]] in [[sequence]].
9. {{lb|en|psychology}} {{ellipsis of|en|[[behavioral]] script|addl=a [[sequence]] of [[action]]s in a given [[situation]]}}.
10. {{lb|en|linguistics}} A [[system]] of [[writing]] adapted to a particular [[language]] or set of languages.
11. {{lb|en|informal}} {{clipping of|en|prescription|qq=for drugs or medicine}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make or write a [[#Noun|script]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[devise]], [[concoct]], or [[contrive]].

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