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script

noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • skrĭpt
  • Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland: /skɹɪpt/
  • New-Zealand: /skɹəpt/
  • India: /skɾipʈ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪpt
  • CMU ARPABET: S K R IH1 P T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A writing; a written document.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Written characters; style of writing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Type made in imitation of handwriting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: media, publishing, typography

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cursive

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An original instrument or document.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: play

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A series of events with a predefined order and outcome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A brief and simple program.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: batch file, macro, shell script

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: language script, writing system

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To make or write a script.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To devise, concoct, or contrive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

a particular orthography or writing system

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: orthography, writing system

Narrower terms: Aramaic, Aramaic script, Avestan, Brahmi, Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari script, Pahlavi, Uighur, Uigur, Uygur, uncial, cuneiform, syllabary, syllabic script, alphabet

15

noun

Meaning 15

something written by hand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she recognized his handwriting
  • his hand was illegible

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: handwriting, hand

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writing

Narrower terms: shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy, longhand, running hand, cursive, cursive script, calligraphy, penmanship, chirography, scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography

16

noun

Meaning 16

a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: book, playscript

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dramatic composition, dramatic work

Narrower terms: promptbook, prompt copy, continuity, dialogue, dialog, libretto, scenario, screenplay, shooting script

17

verb

Meaning 17

write a script for

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The playwright scripted the movie

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: write, compose, pen, indite

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

265 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shkrim — writing; written document
  • Arabic: كِتَابَة (kitāba) — writing; written document
  • Azerbaijani: yazı — writing; written document
  • Bulgarian: писмо́ (pismó) — writing; written document
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文章 (wénzhāng) — writing; written document
  • Dutch: geschrift — writing; written document
  • Estonian: käsikiri — writing; written document
  • Finnish: kirjoitus — writing; written document
  • Finnish: käsikirjoitus — writing; written document
  • French: écrit — writing; written document
  • German: Skript — writing; written document
  • German: Skriptum — writing; written document
  • Greek: γραφή (grafí) — writing; written document
  • Greek: χειρόγραφο (cheirógrafo) — writing; written document
  • Greek: γραπτό (graptó) — writing; written document
  • Hungarian: forgatókönyv — writing; written document
  • Italian: scritto — writing; written document
  • Japanese: 文書 (bunsho) — writing; written document
  • Japanese: 文章 (bunshō) — writing; written document
  • Korean: 문서 (munseo) — writing; written document
  • Korean: 문장 (munjang) — writing; written document
  • Latin: scriptum — writing; written document
  • Māori: hōtuhi — writing; written document
  • Plautdietsch: Schreft — writing; written document
  • Polish: pismo — writing; written document
  • Portuguese: escrito — writing; written document
  • Russian: скрипт (skript) — writing; written document
  • Russian: письмо́ (pisʹmó) — writing; written document
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhainn — writing; written document
  • Spanish: escrito — writing; written document
  • Spanish: escripto — writing; written document
  • Swedish: handskrift — writing; written document
  • Albanian: shkronja — written characters, style of writing
  • Albanian: gërma — written characters, style of writing
  • Arabic: كِتَابَة (kitāba) — written characters, style of writing
  • Assamese: আখৰ (akhor) — written characters, style of writing
  • Assamese: লিপি (lipi) — written characters, style of writing
  • Assamese: হৰফ (horoph) — written characters, style of writing
  • Belarusian: по́чырк (póčyrk) — written characters, style of writing
  • Bulgarian: по́черк (póčerk) — written characters, style of writing
  • Bulgarian: пи́смен знак (písmen znak) — written characters, style of writing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文字 (wénzì) — written characters, style of writing
  • Dutch: handschrift — written characters, style of writing
  • Estonian: trükikiri — written characters, style of writing
  • Finnish: käsiala — written characters, style of writing
  • French: écriture — written characters, style of writing
  • German: Handschrift — written characters, style of writing
  • Greek: γραφή (grafí) — written characters, style of writing
  • Hindi: लिपि (lipi) — written characters, style of writing
  • Hindi: लेखन (lekhan) — written characters, style of writing
  • Hungarian: írás — written characters, style of writing
  • Italian: scrittura — written characters, style of writing
  • Italian: calligrafia — written characters, style of writing
  • Japanese: 書体 (shotai) — written characters, style of writing
  • Japanese: 文字 — written characters, style of writing
  • Korean: 문자 (munja) — written characters, style of writing
  • Malayalam: ലിപി (lipi) — written characters, style of writing
  • Māori: hōtuhi — written characters, style of writing
  • Mongolian: бичиг (bičig) — written characters, style of writing
  • Plautdietsch: Schreft — written characters, style of writing
  • Polish: pismo — written characters, style of writing
  • Portuguese: escrita — written characters, style of writing
  • Russian: по́черк (póčerk) — written characters, style of writing
  • Russian: шрифт (font) — written characters, style of writing
  • Russian: пи́сьменность (písʹmennostʹ) — written characters, style of writing
  • Swedish: skrivstil — written characters, style of writing
  • Telugu: లిపి (lipi) — written characters, style of writing
  • Turkish: hat — written characters, style of writing
  • Ukrainian: по́черк (póčerk) — written characters, style of writing
  • Urdu: لیکھن (lekhan) — written characters, style of writing
  • Venetan: scritura — written characters, style of writing
  • Esperanto: skribesko — type made in imitation of handwriting
  • Esperanto: kaligrafia tiparo — type made in imitation of handwriting
  • Finnish: käsialakirjoitus — type made in imitation of handwriting
  • Hungarian: írott betű — type made in imitation of handwriting
  • Albanian: dorëshkrim — (law) an original instrument or document
  • Bulgarian: оригина́л (originál) — (law) an original instrument or document
  • Finnish: alkuperäisdokumentti — (law) an original instrument or document
  • Finnish: alkuperäinen — (law) an original instrument or document
  • German: Urschrift — (law) an original instrument or document
  • German: Original — (law) an original instrument or document
  • Greek: πρωτότυπο (protótypo) — (law) an original instrument or document
  • Polish: pismo — (law) an original instrument or document
  • Russian: оригина́л (originál) — (law) an original instrument or document
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhainn — (law) an original instrument or document
  • Arabic: سِينَارْيُو (sināryū) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Armenian: սցենար (scʻenar) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Azerbaijani: ssenari — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Basque: libreto — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Belarusian: сцэна́рый (scenáryj) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Belarusian: сцэна́р (scenár) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Bulgarian: сцена́рий (scenárij) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Burmese: ဇာတ်ညွှန်း (jathnywan:) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Catalan: guió — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腳本 /脚本 (jiǎoběn) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Chinese Mandarin: 劇本 /剧本 (jùběn) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Czech: scénář — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Danish: manuskript — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Esperanto: scenaro — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Estonian: käsikiri — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Faroese: handrit — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Finnish: käsikirjoitus — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • French: script — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • French: scénario — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • German: Drehbuch — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • German: Skript — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Greek: σενάριο (senário) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Hebrew: תַּסְרִיט — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Italian: copione — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Japanese: 脚本 (kyakuhon) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Japanese: 台本 (daihon) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Khmer: នាដកថា (niədaʼkaʼthaa) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Korean: 각본 (gakbon) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Korean: 대본 (daebon) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Lao: ບົດລະຄອນ (bot la khǭn) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Latin: scriptus — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Latin: scaenarium — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Macedonian: сценарио (scenario) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Malayalam: തിരക്കഥ (tirakkatha) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Māori: hōtuhi — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Persian: نَمایِشنامِه — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Polish: scenariusz — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Portuguese: script — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Portuguese: roteiro — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Romanian: scenariu — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Romanian: script — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Russian: сцена́рий (scenárij) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Serbo-Croatian: сцѐна̄рӣј — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Serbo-Croatian: scènārīj — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Slovak: scenár — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Slovene: scenarij — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Spanish: libreto — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Spanish: guion — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Spanish: script — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Swahili: mswada — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Swedish: manus — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Swedish: manuskript — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Tagalog: sulatsay — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Thai: บทละคร (bòt-lá-kɔɔn) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Turkish: senaryo — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Ukrainian: сцена́рій (scenárij) — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Vietnamese: kịch bản — text of the dialogue and action for a drama
  • Bulgarian: скрипт (skript) — (computing) procedure or program
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腳本 /脚本 (jiǎoběn) — (computing) procedure or program
  • Czech: skript — (computing) procedure or program
  • Danish: script — (computing) procedure or program
  • Esperanto: skripto — (computing) procedure or program
  • Finnish: komentosarja — (computing) procedure or program
  • Finnish: komentojono — (computing) procedure or program
  • Finnish: skripti — (computing) procedure or program
  • Finnish: ohjelma — (computing) procedure or program
  • French: script — (computing) procedure or program
  • Georgian: სკრიპტი (sḳriṗṭi) — (computing) procedure or program
  • German: Skript — (computing) procedure or program
  • Greek: εντολοδέσμη (entolodésmi) — (computing) procedure or program
  • Greek: δέσμη εντολών (désmi entolón) — (computing) procedure or program
  • Japanese: スクリプト (sukuriputo) — (computing) procedure or program
  • Korean: 스크립트 (seukeuripteu) — (computing) procedure or program
  • Māori: hōtuhi — (computing) procedure or program
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skript — (computing) procedure or program
  • Polish: skrypt — (computing) procedure or program
  • Portuguese: script — (computing) procedure or program
  • Russian: скрипт (skript) — (computing) procedure or program
  • Russian: сцена́рий (scenárij) — (computing) procedure or program
  • Serbo-Croatian: скри̏пта — (computing) procedure or program
  • Serbo-Croatian: skrȉpta — (computing) procedure or program
  • Spanish: script — (computing) procedure or program
  • Spanish: guion — (computing) procedure or program
  • Swedish: skript — (computing) procedure or program
  • Turkish: betik — (computing) procedure or program
  • Ukrainian: скрипт (skrypt) — (computing) procedure or program
  • Vietnamese: tập lệnh — (computing) procedure or program
  • Vietnamese: kịch bản — (computing) procedure or program
  • Vietnamese: script — (computing) procedure or program
  • Finnish: skripti — (psychology) sequence of actions
  • Finnish: toiminnan käsikirjoitus — (psychology) sequence of actions
  • Arabic: خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ) — a system of writing
  • Arabic: حَرْف (ḥarf) — a system of writing
  • Armenian: գիր (gir) — a system of writing
  • Assamese: আখৰ (akhor) — a system of writing
  • Assamese: লিপি (lipi) — a system of writing
  • Assamese: হৰফ (horoph) — a system of writing
  • Azerbaijani: yazı — a system of writing
  • Azerbaijani: bitik — a system of writing
  • Bashkir: яҙма (yaźma) — a system of writing
  • Bashkir: әлифба (əlifba) — a system of writing
  • Belarusian: пісьме́нства (pisʹmjénstva) — a system of writing
  • Bulgar: بطك — a system of writing
  • Bulgarian: пи́сменост (písmenost) — a system of writing
  • Buryat: бэшэг (bešeg) — a system of writing
  • Chagatai: بیتیک (bytyk) — a system of writing
  • Chechen: йоза (joza) — a system of writing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文字 (wénzì) — a system of writing
  • Chuvash: ҫырулӑх (śyrulăh) — a system of writing
  • Crimean Tatar: yazı — a system of writing
  • Czech: písmo — a system of writing
  • Dutch: schrift — a system of writing
  • Esperanto: skribsistemo — a system of writing
  • Evenki: битег (biteg) — a system of writing
  • Finnish: kirjoitusjärjestelmä — a system of writing
  • Finnish: kirjoitus — a system of writing
  • French: écriture — a system of writing
  • Gagauz: yazı — a system of writing
  • Georgian: დამწერლობა (damc̣erloba) — a system of writing
  • German: Schrift — a system of writing
  • Greek: γραφή (grafí) — a system of writing
  • Hindi: लिपि (lipi) — a system of writing
  • Ingush: йоазув (joazuv) — a system of writing
  • Italian: scrittura — a system of writing
  • Japanese: 文字 (moji) — a system of writing
  • Kalmyk: бичг (biçg) — a system of writing
  • Written Oirat: ᡋᡅᡔᡅᡎ (bicig) — a system of writing
  • Karachay-Balkar: джазма (cazma) — a system of writing
  • Karakalpak: jazıwı — a system of writing
  • Karakhanid: بِتِكٔ — a system of writing
  • Kazakh: жазу (jazu) — a system of writing
  • Kazakh: бітік (bıtık) — a system of writing
  • Khmer: អក្ខរៈ (ʼakkhaʼraʼ) — a system of writing
  • Kipchak: بتو — a system of writing
  • Kipchak: بتی — a system of writing
  • Kipchak: بتك — a system of writing
  • Korean: 문자 (munja) — a system of writing
  • Lao: ອັກສອນ (ʼak sǭn) — a system of writing
  • Luxembourgish: Schrëft — a system of writing
  • Manchu: ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (hergen) — a system of writing
  • Mongolian: бичиг (bičig) — a system of writing
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ (bičig) — a system of writing
  • Nanai: битьхэ (bitʹhe) — a system of writing
  • Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b2it2g) — a system of writing
  • Old Uyghur: 𐽼𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽷 (pytyk) — a system of writing
  • Orok: биттихэ (bittihə) — a system of writing
  • Pali: akkhara — a system of writing
  • Persian: خط (xat) — a system of writing
  • Polish: pismo — a system of writing
  • Portuguese: escrita — a system of writing
  • Russian: пи́сьменность (písʹmennostʹ) — a system of writing
  • Russian: письмо́ (pisʹmó) — a system of writing
  • Sanskrit: अक्षर (akṣara) — a system of writing
  • Spanish: escritura — a system of writing
  • Spanish: escriptura — a system of writing
  • Swedish: skrift — a system of writing
  • Tajik: хат (xat) — a system of writing
  • Tajik: дабира (dabira) — a system of writing
  • Tatar: язу (yazu) — a system of writing
  • Thai: อักษร (àk-sɔ̌ɔn) — a system of writing
  • Turkish: yazı — a system of writing
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: یَازُو (yazu) — a system of writing
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: بِتى (biti) — a system of writing
  • Ottoman Turkish: یازی (yazı) — a system of writing
  • Ottoman Turkish: یازو (yazu) — a system of writing
  • Ottoman Turkish: بتى (biti) — a system of writing
  • Tuvan: шрифтер (şrifter) — a system of writing
  • Tuvan: бижик (bijik) — a system of writing
  • Ukrainian: писе́мність (pysémnistʹ) — a system of writing
  • Urdu: لپی (lipi) — a system of writing
  • Uzbek: yozuv — a system of writing
  • Venetan: scritura — a system of writing
  • Vietnamese: văn tự — a system of writing
  • Vietnamese: chữ — a system of writing
  • Western Yugur: pəhtəɣ — a system of writing
  • Western Yugur: pəhtəkki — a system of writing
  • Yakut: бичигэ (bičige) — a system of writing
  • Yakut: бичик (bičik) — a system of writing
  • Māori: whakahōtuhi — to make or write a script
  • Spanish: guionar — to make or write a script
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