script

Meanings

Noun

• A writing; a written document.
• Written characters; style of writing.
• Type made in imitation of handwriting.
• An original instrument or document.
• 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.
• A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
• A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

Verb

• To make or write a script.
• To devise, concoct, or contrive.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• subscript
• superscript

Origin

• From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō.