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Definition of word for word
adverb
in exactly the same words; verbatim.
one word at a time, without regard for the sense of the whole: She translated the book word for word.
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Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form?
Origin of word for word
Middle English word dating back to 1350â1400
OTHER WORDS FROM word for word
word-for-word, adjectiveWords nearby word for word
wordbreak, word burst, word class, word deafness, Worde, word for word, word game, word-hoard, wordie, wording, wordless
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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.
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