cursive script

collocation in English

meaningsofcursiveandscript

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cursive
adjective
uk
/ˈkɜː.sɪv/us
/ˈkɝː.sɪv/
Cursive writing is written with rounded letters that are ...
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script
noun
uk
/skrɪpt/us
/skrɪpt/
the words of a film, play, broadcast, ...
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(Definition ofcursiveandscriptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcursive script

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The author also proposes an understanding of 'cursivescript' as a procedure that affects textual and musical notation analogously.
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The manuscript conforms to late eighteenth-century practice, with the text being in acursivescript that appears to have been a product of mid-century training.
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Thecursivescriptis thus named because its letters are connected with a base line.
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It is acursivescriptwhere some, but not all, letters connect within a word.
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This verycursivescriptappeared with the spread of metallic quill.
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Inscriptions in another minusculecursivescriptwritten on wooden sticks have also been discovered.
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He also liked to write, and was proficient in bothcursivescriptand clerical script.
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This is especially useful for languages where glyphs are not separated incursivescript.
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Cursivescriptis faster to write than other styles, but difficult to read for those unfamiliar with it.
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Amongst his innovations is the one-strokecursivescript, which blends all characters in the writing in a single stroke.
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Besides the codical glyphs, there existed acursivescriptof an often dynamic character, found in wall-paintings and on ceramics.
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Higher rates of recognition of generalcursivescriptwill likely not be possible without the use of contextual or grammatical information.
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By the second half of the 17th century, when many different variants of writing appeared, thecursivescriptshowed more roundish elements and ligature.
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On the verso side are some accounts written incursivescriptand dated to the late second or early third century.
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Since many letters in thecursivescriptare extremely similar in form, to the point of being indistinguishable, it is the most difficult to read of the three varieties.
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