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
Examples of manuscript in a Sentence
Noun
The library owns the author's original manuscript.
a copy of the composer's manuscript
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
The manuscript evidence for it far exceeds many other events whose authenticity is never questioned.
—Rev. Scott Grorud, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2024
John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
Last month, the Irish Traditional Music Archive — which acquired Moore’s manuscripts and recordings — announced plans for a major exhibition on his career to open in January.
—Bob Mehr, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Adjective
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
The manuscript evidence for it far exceeds many other events whose authenticity is never questioned.
—Rev. Scott Grorud, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2024
Noun
That’s because the manuscript disappeared when his wife’s suitcase was stolen from a train in Paris in 1922, and now is adrift in the underworld of lost history.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
Last month, the Irish Traditional Music Archive — which acquired Moore’s manuscripts and recordings — announced plans for a major exhibition on his career to open in January.
—Bob Mehr, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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“Manuscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manuscript. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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