word for word

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.

Nearby words

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Related formsword-for-word, adjective

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Conor has described, all but word-for-word, the position of the evangelical “post-culture warrior.”
The Illusory Promise of Apolitical Theology|David Sessions|June 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"Women and children starboard," came like a near, word-for-word echo.
Atlantis|Gerhart Hauptmann
The impossibility of such a thing as a word-for-word bringing over from one language into another.
Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2)|B. H. Roberts
Full hieroglyphic text, interlinear transliteration, word-for-word translation, smooth translation.
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two|Arthur Bent

But the chief instrument of her vindication is the word-for-word record of her trial at Rouen in 1431.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly