verbatim

[ver-bey-tim]

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.

verbatim

/ vɜːˈbeɪtɪm /

adverb

1. using exactly the same words; word for word

Word History and Origins

Origin of verbatim¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of verbatim¹

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

Example Sentences

"The actual malice here is the knowing dissemination of something that was purported to be verbatim, but which is not," said Mr Neuborne, the former national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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“I need you to relay the following message to them verbatim.”

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Hill Valley Mayor Red Thomas blares the same verbatim reelection slogan in 1955 as Mayor Goldie Wilson does in 1985 — “Progress is his middle name” — yet the town is in visible decline.

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What if the student integrated various AI answers into her own essay — but did not understand when it is acceptable to quote verbatim or what needs to be referenced to original sources?

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But they show an agency often slow to respond and frequently copying water company updates into EA documents verbatim before downgrading incidents.

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