/skrɪpt/
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Translation
The written words of a film, play, or speech.
Word origin
From Latin scriptum, something written, from scribere, to write.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- scribere
- English cognates
- describe, scripture
Grammar
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Examples
filming .
The "script" holds every line the actors will say.
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Here "script" is the written text of the whole film.
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Actors go back to the script when they cannot remember their words.
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