script

The word “script” means the written text of a play, film, speech, or broadcast. In plain terms, the written words for a performance or broadcast, a style of writing, or (as a verb) to plan something out in detail.

“Script” is pronounced skrihpt (/skɹɪpt/ in IPA).

Here is “script” used in a sentence: “The actors rehearsed from a script full of last-minute changes.”

Depending on how it is used, “script” can be a noun and a verb.

The word “script” comes from Latin. From Latin scrīptum ("something written"), the past participle of scrībere ("to write") — the same root that gives us "scribe" and "scripture.".

“Script” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A2 level.

“Script” has 3 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: the written text of a play, film, speech, or broadcast.

A 'script' is the written text of any play, film, speech, or broadcast, so the word is broad. A 'screenplay' is specifically the script written for a film or television programme, including scene descriptions and dialogue.

A 'script' is the working text of a performance or broadcast, meant to be spoken or acted out. A 'manuscript' is an author's written or typed version of a work, such as a book, submitted before publication and intended to be read rather than performed.

'Script' refers to handwriting or a writing system when it describes the form of the characters rather than a performance text. Examples include cursive script, or the different scripts used to write languages, such as Latin, Cyrillic, or Arabic script.

'Cursive' is one specific style of flowing, joined handwriting. 'Script' is the wider term for a style of handwriting or a set of written characters, so cursive is a type of script but not the only one.