scripting

script·ing
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/ˈskɹɪptɪŋ/

noun

The act by which something is scripted.

OriginEnglish script ← Middle English scrit ← Old French escrit →
CommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

nounscripting (plural scriptings)

plural scriptings

  1. The act by which something is scripted.

    After all, dramatic scriptings of behavior are everywhere present in our media-drenched society, and these scriptings guide and organize real experience (Goffman 1974:55).

    2003, Javier A. Treviño, Goffman's Legacy, page 130
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of script

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  4. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  5. Latinscrībō
  6. Latinscrīptum
  7. Old Frenchescrit
  8. Middle Englishscrit
  9. Englishscript
  10. Englishscripting

From script + -ing.

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Translations

Spanish guionización
  • guionizaciónTranslations
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APA

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Chicago

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