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verbatim

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ver·ba·tim  (vr-btm)
adj.
Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation.
adv.
In exactly the same words; word for word: repeated their dialogue verbatim.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin verbtim, from Latin verbum, word; see verb.]

verbatim [vɜːˈbeɪtɪm]
adv & adj
using exactly the same words; word for word
[from Medieval Latin: word by word, from Latin verbum word]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.verbatim - in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"
exact - marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"
Adv.1.verbatim - using exactly the same words; "he repeated her remarks verbatim"

verbatim
adverb
exactly, to the letter, word for word, closely, precisely, literally, faithfully, rigorously, in every detail, letter for letter The president's speeches are reproduced verbatim in the state-run newspapers.
adjective
word for word, exact, literal, close, precise, faithful, line by line, unabridged, unvarnished, undeviating, unembellished He gave me a verbatim report of the entire conversation.
Translations
verbatim [vɜːˈbeɪtɪm]
A. ADJtextual, literal
verbatim [vɜːrˈbeɪtɪm]
adj [report, account] → in extenso; [quotation] → mot pour mot
advmot pour mot
verbatim
adjwörtlich
verbatim [vɜːˈbeɪtɪm] adv & adjparola per parola
verbatim [vɜːˈbeɪtɪm] adv & adjparola per parola


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The skeleton dimensions I shall now proceed to set down are copied verbatim from my right arm, where I had them tattooed; as in my wild wanderings at that period, there was no other secure way of preserving such valuable statistics.
There is a verbatim account of a report made to me by your Brigadier-General, in which it seems that in the fighting under his command you were three times apparently taken prisoner, three times you apparently escaped; the information which you brought back led to at least two disasters; the information which exactly at the time you were absent seemed to come miraculously into the hands of the enemy, resulted in even greater trouble for us.
I cannot reproduce it verbatim, for I had no after opportunity of refreshing my memory.
 
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