Collocations for "script"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "script" in context.
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script
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [holy, religious, Jewish, Muslim] scripts
- [read, recite] (from) [holy] scripts
- archaeologists discovered [ancient, Persian, Egyptian] scripts
- [computer, programming, software, configuration] script
- script to [execute, run] a computer program
- a [sales-pitch, telemarketing, prepared] script
- [Arabic] script
- [neat, tidy, untidy, legible, illegible] script
- [teach, learn, write] script (at school)
- the [movie, show, play] script
- [rewrite, rehash, alter, modify] the script
- [deviated from, wandered from, ignored] the script
- that wasn't [part of, written in] the script
- the [actor, character, actress] was written out of the script
- the [actress] was sent a copy of the script
- cut a [line, scene] from the script
- went off the script
- did not follow the script
- the doctor wrote him a script for
- go fill a script
- get a refill on the script
- finance: a script confirming [share, stock] ownership
- UK: [mark, grade, review] exam scripts
- script a [TV show, movie, play]
- scripted by [experts, a famous writer, the best writers]
- script for [an emergency, a disaster, that scene]
- they hadn't scripted for [an emergency]
- scripted in [gold, silver]
- scripted [in advance, ahead of time]
- scripted the [conversation]
- scripted [their activities, events, conferences]
- the [activities] were scripted by the [committee, members]
'script' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):