MANUSCRIPT

Manuscript

A manuscript is any document written by hand, as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way. Before the arrival of printing, all documents and books were manuscripts. In publishing and academic contexts, a manuscript is the text submitted to the publisher or printer in preparation for publication, regardless of the format. Until recently a typescript prepared on a typewriter was usual, but today a digital file with a printout, prepared in manuscript format is most common. Manuscripts are normally required by publishing companies before being published.

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manuscript

Noun

  1. A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
  2. A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

Adjective

  1. Which is handwritten, or by extension typewritten, as opposed to mechanical reproduction.


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