Script
noun
A written version of a play, movie, or other performance.
The director was looking over the script of the play.
Often appears as...
- write a script
- read a script
noun
A system of handwriting.
His script was difficult to read because of his unique handwriting style.
Often appears as...
- read someone's script
- write in a script
noun
A set of instructions for a computer.
He wrote a script to automate the process of data entry.
Often appears as...
- write a script
- run a script
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A prescription from a doctor for medicine.
The pharmacy will need to see your script before giving you the medication.
Often appears as...
- fill a script
- get a script
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A written version of a play, movie, or other performance.
The director was looking over the script of the play.
Often appears as...
- write a script
- read a script
noun
A system of handwriting.
His script was difficult to read because of his unique handwriting style.
Often appears as...
- read someone's script
- write in a script
noun
A set of instructions for a computer.
He wrote a script to automate the process of data entry.
Often appears as...
- write a script
- run a script
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A prescription from a doctor for medicine.
The pharmacy will need to see your script before giving you the medication.
Often appears as...
- fill a script
- get a script
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Performance Context
Used for scripts that actors, directors, or performers study and execute during performances.
The stage actors rehearsed their lines from the script meticulously.
Pro Tip 2/3Film Adaptations
'Script' often refers to how books or stories are adapted into movies or TV series.
The novel's script for the screen altered several key scenes.
Pro Tip 3/3Direction Precision
Scripts include specific directions for actors, such as emotions, movements, or tone.
The script indicated to whisper the line with sadness.
Pro Tip 1/3Performance Context
Used for scripts that actors, directors, or performers study and execute during performances.
The stage actors rehearsed their lines from the script meticulously.
Pro Tip 2/3Film Adaptations
'Script' often refers to how books or stories are adapted into movies or TV series.
The novel's script for the screen altered several key scenes.
Pro Tip 3/3Direction Precision
Scripts include specific directions for actors, such as emotions, movements, or tone.
The script indicated to whisper the line with sadness.
Pro Tip 1/3Performance Context
Used for scripts that actors, directors, or performers study and execute during performances.
The stage actors rehearsed their lines from the script meticulously.
Pro Tip 2/3Film Adaptations
'Script' often refers to how books or stories are adapted into movies or TV series.
The novel's script for the screen altered several key scenes.
Pro Tip 3/3Direction Precision
Scripts include specific directions for actors, such as emotions, movements, or tone.
The script indicated to whisper the line with sadness.
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Fatal Encounter with...
Herbivores time their births to coincide with the rains, as there's then much more lush grass to eat to raise their young. By all giving birth around the same time, there's less chance of your offspring being the one to get eaten by a predator. As a wildlife cameraman, I'm always on the lookout for interesting behaviours, even if they're not strictly on the script.
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Meet the Intimidating...
for life now isn't that that's just nice you know it's nice to hear that and they will live in the same den for years unless forced out by larger more horrifying heels but anyway can can the producers of this show just let me read a nice butterfly script or something next time I feel like I'm just getting all of the horrifying creatures that are gonna
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It’s time to embrace our...
cities play to that advantage and as the world has gotten more complex the need for the face-to-face contact that enables us to communicate the most complicated ideas becomes even more critical anyone who has ever taught know the hard part of teaching is not knowing your script it's understanding whether
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How to read music - Tim...
probably learned their lines from a script, which essentially tells them what to say and when to say it. A piece of written music operates on exactly the same principle. In a very basic sense, it tells a performer what to play and when to play it. Aesthetically speaking, there's a world of difference
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The world’s most...
The letters are varied in style and height. Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique. The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout with scroll-like embellishments. It appears to be written by two or more hands,
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
And we had put a camera in the gripper of the hand of the robot, and we wrote some special scripts and software, so that anyone in the world could come in, and by clicking on the screen, they could move the robot around and visit the garden.
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Who are you, really? The...
in order to break down those barriers of administrative torpor in the hospital, to get something for your mom or your child. What are these free traits? They're where we enact a script in order to advance a core project in our lives.
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A host of heroes - April...
So many people in distress have said this, but why? What kind of hero do we need and do we even really even need a hero at all? Well, if you look at any piece of literature written for page, script, or stage, the answer is yes!
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The Elusive Iberian Lynx...
you make a plan and then you expect none of that to happen and then you have another plan because inevitably wildlife doesn't read off a script and it doesn't do always what it's supposed to do on time and we live in such
Video examples
Why I'm done trying to...
As an actor, I get scripts and it's my job to stay on script, to say my lines and bring to life a character that someone else wrote. Over the course of my career, I've had the great honor
Video examples
Fatal Encounter with...
Herbivores time their births to coincide with the rains, as there's then much more lush grass to eat to raise their young. By all giving birth around the same time, there's less chance of your offspring being the one to get eaten by a predator. As a wildlife cameraman, I'm always on the lookout for interesting behaviours, even if they're not strictly on the script.
Video examples
Meet the Intimidating...
for life now isn't that that's just nice you know it's nice to hear that and they will live in the same den for years unless forced out by larger more horrifying heels but anyway can can the producers of this show just let me read a nice butterfly script or something next time I feel like I'm just getting all of the horrifying creatures that are gonna
Video examples
It’s time to embrace our...
cities play to that advantage and as the world has gotten more complex the need for the face-to-face contact that enables us to communicate the most complicated ideas becomes even more critical anyone who has ever taught know the hard part of teaching is not knowing your script it's understanding whether
Video examples
How to read music - Tim...
probably learned their lines from a script, which essentially tells them what to say and when to say it. A piece of written music operates on exactly the same principle. In a very basic sense, it tells a performer what to play and when to play it. Aesthetically speaking, there's a world of difference
Video examples
The world’s most...
The letters are varied in style and height. Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique. The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout with scroll-like embellishments. It appears to be written by two or more hands,
Video examples
Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
And we had put a camera in the gripper of the hand of the robot, and we wrote some special scripts and software, so that anyone in the world could come in, and by clicking on the screen, they could move the robot around and visit the garden.
Video examples
Who are you, really? The...
in order to break down those barriers of administrative torpor in the hospital, to get something for your mom or your child. What are these free traits? They're where we enact a script in order to advance a core project in our lives.
Video examples
A host of heroes - April...
So many people in distress have said this, but why? What kind of hero do we need and do we even really even need a hero at all? Well, if you look at any piece of literature written for page, script, or stage, the answer is yes!
Video examples
The Elusive Iberian Lynx...
you make a plan and then you expect none of that to happen and then you have another plan because inevitably wildlife doesn't read off a script and it doesn't do always what it's supposed to do on time and we live in such
Video examples
Why I'm done trying to...
As an actor, I get scripts and it's my job to stay on script, to say my lines and bring to life a character that someone else wrote. Over the course of my career, I've had the great honor
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.
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Viola Davis
American Actress
Well, first of all, you read the script a million times. Because what the script gives you are given circumstances. Given circumstances are all the facts of your character.
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Steven Spielberg
American Director
It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I love the feeling I get when I'm on a set; I love reading the scripts, playing the characters, getting to be someone else.
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Cher
American Musician
I won't be able to do what I'm doing forever. There aren't that many scripts floating around for fifty-year-old chicks.
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Ali Wong
American Actress
Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work.
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Bette Davis
American Actress
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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Saswata Chatterjee
I do not accept a character or a script that I do not like.
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Victoria Pratt
Canadian Actress
It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.
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Tom Bateman
English Actor
It always comes down to script and characters.
Quote examples
Orson Welles
American Actor
I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.
Quote examples
Viola Davis
American Actress
Well, first of all, you read the script a million times. Because what the script gives you are given circumstances. Given circumstances are all the facts of your character.
Quote examples
Steven Spielberg
American Director
It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.
Quote examples
Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I love the feeling I get when I'm on a set; I love reading the scripts, playing the characters, getting to be someone else.
Quote examples
Cher
American Musician
I won't be able to do what I'm doing forever. There aren't that many scripts floating around for fifty-year-old chicks.
Quote examples
Ali Wong
American Actress
Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work.
Quote examples
Bette Davis
American Actress
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
Quote examples
Saswata Chatterjee
I do not accept a character or a script that I do not like.
Quote examples
Victoria Pratt
Canadian Actress
It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.
Quote examples
Tom Bateman
English Actor
It always comes down to script and characters.
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