verbatim

[ ver-bey-tim ]
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adverb
  1. in exactly the same words; word for word: to repeat something verbatim.

adjective
  1. corresponding word for word to the original source or text: a verbatim record of the proceedings.

  2. skilled at recording or noting down speeches, proceedings, etc., with word-for-word accuracy: a verbatim stenographer.

Origin of verbatim

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First recorded in 1475–85; from Medieval Latin verbātim, from verb(um) “word” + -ātim, adverb suffix

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British Dictionary definitions for verbatim

verbatim

/ (vɜːˈbeɪtɪm) /


adverb, adjective
  1. using exactly the same words; word for word

Origin of verbatim

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C15: from Medieval Latin: word by word, from Latin verbum word

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