script
verb/skrɪpt/
/skrɪpt/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they script | /skrɪpt/ /skrɪpt/ |
| he / she / it scripts | /skrɪpts/ /skrɪpts/ |
| past simple scripted | /ˈskrɪptɪd/ /ˈskrɪptɪd/ |
| past participle scripted | /ˈskrɪptɪd/ /ˈskrɪptɪd/ |
| -ing form scripting | /ˈskrɪptɪŋ/ /ˈskrɪptɪŋ/ |
- script something to write the script for a film, play, etc.
- The series was scripted to appeal to an international audience.
Word Originlate 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’.Definitions on the go
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