manuscript

ˈmænjəskrɪpt

Definition

Definition of manuscript - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

writingdocument written by hand or typed

The museum displayed an ancient manuscript.

document

script

text

literaturethe original version of a work for publication

She submitted her manuscript to the publisher.

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document written by hand or typed

Expressions with manuscript

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in manuscript

adj.

existing only as a handwritten or unpublished document, not yet printed

The play remained in manuscript for years before finally being published.

manuscript paper

paper with blank printed staves for writing music

She composed her symphony on manuscript paper.

Origin of manuscript

Latin, manus (hand) + scriptus (written)

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codex

literature

early manuscript book

rejection slip

publishing

message notifying manuscript rejection in publishing

acr.

acr: manuscript

handwritten or typed document

autograph

original manuscript

manuscript handwritten by its author

palimpsest

historical writing

manuscript reused after earlier writings are erased

peer review

academic publishing

assess a manuscript before publication

textual criticism

manuscript analysis

study of manuscripts to find the original or authentic text

Man

abbr.

abr: Manuscript

written work prepared for printing or publishing

Examples of manuscript in a sentence

The manuscript was carefully preserved in the library.
The manuscript was discovered in an old library.
He spent years working on the manuscript.

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French:manuscrit, ...
German:Manuskript, ...
Italian:manoscritto, ...
Spanish:manuscrito, original, ...
Portuguese:manuscrito, original, ...
Chinese:手稿, ...
Japanese:写本, 草稿, ...
Arabic:مَخْطُوطَة, نَصّ أَصْلِيّ, ...
Hebrew:כְּתַב יָד, ...
Russian:рукопись, оригинал, ...
Ukrainian:рукопис, ...
Hindi:पांडुलिपि, मूल पाठ, ...
Bengali:পাণ্ডুলিপি, মূল পাণ্ডুলিপি, ...
Catalan:manuscrit, original, ...
Czech:rukopis, ...
Danish:manuskript, ...
Dutch:manuscript, ...
Greek:χειρόγραφο, δακτυλόγραφο, ...
Hungarian:kézirat, ...
Khmer:សាត្រាស្លឹករឹត, ឯកសារដើម, ...
Korean:원고, ...
Persian:دست‌نوشته, نسخه اولیه, ...
Polish:rękopis, oryginał, ...
Portuguese (BR):manuscrito, original, ...
Romanian:manuscris, lucrare originală, ...
Swedish:manuskript, originalmanus, ...
Thai:ต้นฉบับ, ...
Turkish:el yazması, ...
Vietnamese:bản thảo, bản gốc, ...

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