But the one [letter] in the unknown script and with a metropolitan post mark—could it be from some London Woman?1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
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.
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Broadly A series of events with a predefined order and outcome.
I was following a social script that teaches women to build lives around money they don’t fully understand.2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026:
I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
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Human sciences, Psychology, SciencesAbbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
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Abbreviation, Clipping, Informal Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
He located a doctor in Brooklyn who was a writing fool. This croaker would go three scripts a day for as high as thirty tablets a script.1977 [1953], William S. Burroughs, edited by Allen Ginsberg, Junky, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 20:
Shit, he got the scripts for the cough / In the H, gotta hit Johnny for the frost, swerved off2014, “Don't Play”, performed by Travis Scott ft. Big Sean and The 1975:
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She gave me a Bipolar II diagnosis and a script for epilepsy medicine that could be used off-label in cases like mine.2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
Etymology From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).
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To make or write a script.
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To devise, concoct, or contrive.
Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487: