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

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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I tried to verbatim name all 12 songs on the album, and I was off by like four.

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The poster’s copy, “Natasha Lyonne is Mama Poot,” is such a silly, objectively hilarious line of text that it’s already racking up swaths of likes just by people repeating it verbatim online.

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It is a verbatim echo of a claim Kennedy has made repeatedly, however, mostly as a plank in his anti-vaccination platform.

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