manuscript

noun/ˈmænjəˌskrɪpt/

Frequency rank: #4,672 most common English word

Meaning

An unpublished or handwritten text of a book, article, or other work.

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Example sentence

The author submitted her manuscript to the publisher three months before the deadline.

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