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   script

   /skrɪpt/

   noun

   • 1. handwriting as distinct from print; written characters: "her neat, tidy script" Similar handwritingwritinghandautographpenletterslonghandpenmanshipcalligraphychirographyscribblescrawlinformal:fist
   • ▪ printed type imitating handwriting.
   • ▪ writing using a particular alphabet: "Russian script"
   • 2. the written text of a play, film, or broadcast. Similar textbookscreenplaylibrettolyricsscorelinespartsdialoguewordsmanuscript
   • ▪ an automated series of instructions carried out in a specific order.
   • ▪ the social role or behaviour appropriate to particular situations that an individual absorbs through cultural influences and association with others.
   • 3. a candidate's written answers in an examination. British

   verb

   • 1. write a script for (a play, film, or broadcast): "it was perfectly scripted and beautifully acted"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘something written’): shortening of Old French escript, from Latin scriptum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of scribere ‘write’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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