word for word
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Dictionary:
word for word (wûrd'fər-wûrd') adj. |
adv.
In exactly the same words; verbatim.
word-for-word word'-for-word'
| Thesaurus: word-for-word |
adjective
- Employing the very same words as another: literal, verbal, verbatim. See same/different/compare.
| Idioms: word for word |
Exactly as written or spoken, as in That was the forecast, word for word. Chaucer used this idiom in the late 1300s.
| WordNet: word-for-word |
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original
Synonym: literal
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| Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
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