Meaning & use
script
The written text of a play, film, or broadcast, including dialogue and stage directions.
See it in a sentence
The actors rehearsed the script for weeks before opening night.
The director asked the writer to revise the script's final scene.
A note on using this word
Script can also refer to a system of writing, such as Cyrillic script, or to instructions run automatically by a computer.
Words with a similar meaning
screenplaymanuscript
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A set of instructions written to be carried out automatically by a computer program.
She wrote a short script to rename hundreds of files at once.
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