script : Idioms & Phrases
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alphabetic script
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noun a writing system based on alphabetic characters
alphabetic writing.
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aramaic script
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noun an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it
Aramaic.
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bicameral script
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noun a script having two distinct cases
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cursive script
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noun rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
longhand; cursive; running hand.
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demotic script
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noun a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
Demotic.
- Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek
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devanagari script
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noun a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
Devanagari; Devanagari script; Nagari.
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hebrew script
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noun a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
Hebrew alphabet; Hebraic alphabet.
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hieratic script
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noun a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
hieratic.
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nagari script
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noun a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
Devanagari; Devanagari script; Nagari.
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shooting script
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noun the final detailed script for making a movie or TV program
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syllabic script
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noun a writing system whose characters represent syllables
syllabary.
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unicameral script
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noun a script with a single case