Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation.
- adv. In exactly the same words; word for word: repeated their dialogue verbatim.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Word for word; in exactly the same words: sometimes extended into the phrase verbatim, literatim, et punctatin, word for word, letter for letter, and point for point, as in the most exact transcription, in bibliography, etc.
- By word of mouth; orally; verbally.
Wiktionary
- adv. Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
- adj. of a document Corresponding with the original word for word.
- adj. of a person Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.
- n. A word-for-word report of a speech.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. Word for word; in the same words; verbally.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. using exactly the same words
- adj. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
Etymologies
- Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verbātim, from Latin verb(um) + -ātim, adverbial suffix. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Medieval Latin verbātim, from Latin verbum, word; see verb. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE ABC News obtained a copy of an unpublished book proposal with quotes from what it calls a verbatim transcript from an interview Schwarzenegger gave in 1975.”
“To my Chinese friends here in Hong Kong, "how people are educated, how trust relations are established and how accountability is exercised" would sound very close to repeating verbatim from the Analects by Confucius.”
The China Example, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“And ironically 80% of that outline was stolen verbatim from the Obama plan. gerry”
“It was a 3 page outline, with no cost estimates, and 80% of it was just taken near-verbatim from the democratic health care plan.”
“Their 'alternate' health care plan was a 3 page outline, also lacking any cost estimates, and 80% of the points were lifted near verbatim from the Obama plan.”
“Their 'alternate' health care plan is a 3 page outline with no cost estimates, and 80% of it was stolen verbatim from the Obama plan.”
“It was a 3 page outline, with no cost estimates, and 80% of it was just taken near-verbatim from the Obama health care plan.”
“It is a 3 page outline with no cost estimates, 80% of which was stolen verbatim from the Obama plan.”
GOP: Dems' health care reform plan 'a prescription for disaster'
“Their 'alternate' health care plan was a 3-page outline with no cost estimates, 80% of which was stolen verbatim from the Obama plan.”
“Their 'alternate' health care plan is a 3-page outline with NO cost estimates and 80% of its points are stolen verbatim from the Obama plan.”
McConnell: Public option a nonstarter for Senate Republicans
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sdamle1
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A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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Vocabulary
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a couple words
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My big word list.
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Aequoria's list
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for verbatim.
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