verbatim

American  

[ver-bey-tim] / vərˈbeɪ tɪm /

adverb

1. in exactly the same words; word for word.

   to repeat something verbatim.

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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 British  

/ vɜːˈbeɪtɪm /

adverb

1. using exactly the same words; word for word

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Etymology

Origin of verbatim

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

Example Sentences

Alongside each photograph she includes verbatim excerpts of hourslong interviews that, she writes, “gave voice to one of the many stories I heard.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In its lawsuit, the Times accused Perplexity of illegally crawling its material and repackaging original Times stories in “verbatim or near-verbatim” written responses to users.

From The Wall Street Journal

"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.

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times