screenplay/ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/EtymologyFrom screen + play.nounA script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.“I know Corinne would be happy if I started writing scripts again. Since my last screenplay, I haven't written anything in over four months.”verbTo write a screenplay.“Also, in the case of this novel, its adaption to the big screen in 1983, directed by James Ivory, screenplayed by Jhabvala herself—screenwriter of the year, London Critics Film Award, 1984—awarded with a BAFTA, and nominated for the Palme d'Or, gave rise to Heat and Dust's great success.”