1
: a written or typewritten composition or document as distinguished from a printed copy
also
: a document submitted for publication
The library owns the author's original manuscript.
2
: writing as opposed to print
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Noun
The library owns the author's original manuscript.
a copy of the composer's manuscript
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Hiding in plain sight Former Cambridge archivist Sian Collins first spotted the manuscript fragment in 2019 while recataloging estate records from Huntingfield Manor, owned by the Vanneck family of Heveningham, in Suffolk, England.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Virgil’s Aeneid breaks off suddenly, apparently unfinished, and at his death the poet is said to have asked that the manuscript be burned.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Ancient book clasps — used to keep manuscript tomes shut — were uncovered at the site, along with styli, the medieval equivalents of pens and pencils.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Hiding in plain sight Former Cambridge archivist Sian Collins first spotted the manuscript fragment in 2019 while recataloging estate records from Huntingfield Manor, owned by the Vanneck family of Heveningham, in Suffolk, England.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Noun
The writer later arrives home to discover that not only has Nile read the manuscript for her book about him, but that he's also framed her for Teddy's murder.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Virgil’s Aeneid breaks off suddenly, apparently unfinished, and at his death the poet is said to have asked that the manuscript be burned.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Manuscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manuscript. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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