SCRIPT


Meaning of SCRIPT in English

script S3 /skrɪpt/ BrE AmE noun

[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: scriptum 'something written' , from scribere ; ⇨ ↑ scribe ]

1 . [countable] the written form of a speech, play, film etc ⇨ screenplay :

They write all their own scripts.

a film script

2 . [uncountable and countable] the set of letters that are used in writing a language:

Arabic script

3 . [countable] British English a piece of work that a student writes in an examination

4 . [singular, uncountable] formal writing done by hand SYN handwriting :

a diary entry written in neat black script

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.