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As an adjective, manuscript means handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced. As a noun, it means a book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
Meanings of manuscript
4 meaningsadjective
Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
noun
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
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.
The form of a literary work submitted for publication
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