verbatim

(vər-bā'tĭm)
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.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin verbātim, from Latin verbum, word. See verb.]

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meaning 'word for word', is pronounced ver-bay-tim.

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adjective

Employing the very same words as another: literal, verbal, word-for-word. See same/different/compare.

adj, adv

Definition: exactly
Antonyms: different

IN BRIEF: Word for word.

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907).

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - ordret, fuldstændigt
adj. - ordret

Nederlands (Dutch)
woordelijk

Français (French)
adv. - textuellement, mot pour mot
adj. - mot pour mot

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wortwörtlich
adv. - wortwörtlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λέξη προς λέξη, κατά λέξη
adv. - αυτολεξεί, επί λέξει

Italiano (Italian)
letterale, letteralmente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - literal, textual
adv. - literalmente, textualmente

Русский (Russian)
дословная передача, стенограмма, дословный, стенографический

Español (Spanish)
adv. - al pie de la letra, palabra por palabra, literalmente
adj. - palabra por palabra, literal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ordagrann
adv. - ordagrant

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
逐字地, 逐字的, 照字面的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 逐字地
adj. - 逐字的, 照字面的

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 축어적으로, 말대로
adj. - 축어적, 말 그대로의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 一字一句同じの, 言葉どおりの, 逐語的な
adv. - 一字一句同じに, 言葉通りに, 逐語的に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) (ظرف) حرفيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בדיוק באותן המלים, מילה במילה‬
adj. - ‮מילה במילה‬

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