Verbatim

Adverb

 * 1) Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
 * I have copied his speech and here it is, verbatim.
 * 1) * 1971: Denis Mahon, Studies in Seicento Art and Theory, p317
 * …in several instances Mancini’s text is virtually reproduced verbatim by Bellori.120

Derived terms

 * verbatim et literatim

Related terms

 * gradatim


 * literatim


 * seriatim

Synonyms

 * in so many words


 * word for word

Adjective

 * 1)  Corresponding with the original word for word.
 * 2) * Date unknown: Joint Committee on Printing Congress of the United States, General Statement of Procedure for Verbatim Reporting of Proceedings in Senate Chamber, pV
 * 3) * 1917: Andreĭ Ivanovich Shingarev, Russia and Her Allies: Extract from the Verbatim Report of the Imperial Duma, IV th Session, 16 th Sitting, p3
 * 4) * 2002: Michael Quim Patton, Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, p381
 * Ironically, verbatim note taking can interfere with listening attentively.
 * 1)  Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.
 * 2) * U.S. Department of Labor's description of court reporter's job
 * Some States require voice writers to pass a test and to earn State licensure. As a substitute for State licensure, the National Verbatim Reporters Association offers three national certifications to voice writers: Certified Verbatim Reporter (CVR), the Certificate of Merit (CM), and Real-Time Verbatim Reporter (RVR). Earning these certifications is sufficient to be licensed in States where the voice method of court reporting is permitted.

Synonyms

 * word for word

Derived terms

 * nonverbatim

Noun

 * 1) A word-for-word report of a speech.

Thesaurus
absolutely, accurate, accurately, authentic, bona fide, candid, card-carrying, close, dead, definitely, dinkum, direct, directly, even, exact, exactly, expressly, faithful, faithfully, following the letter, genuine, good, honest, honest-to-God, in all respects, in every respect, inartificial, ipsissimis verbis, just, lawful, legitimate, lifelike, literal, literally, literatim, natural, naturalistic, original, plumb, point-blank, positively, precise, precisely, pure, real, realistic, right, rightful, rigidly, rigorously, simon-pure, simple, sincere, square, squarely, sterling, straight, strict, strictly, sure-enough, to the letter, true to life, true to nature, true to reality, unadulterated, unaffected, unassumed, unassuming, uncolored, unconcocted, uncopied, uncounterfeited, undeviatingly, undisguised, undisguising, undistorted, unerringly, unexaggerated, unfabricated, unfanciful, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious, unflattering, unimagined, unimitated, uninvented, unpretended, unpretending, unqualified, unromantic, unsimulated, unspecious, unsynthetic, unvarnished, verbal, verbally, verbatim et litteratim, veridical, verisimilar, word by word, word for word, word-for-word

Etymology
Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a derivation by some ): from  verbatim:  , from  verbum:    + -atim:, adverbial suffix.

Adverb

 * Danish:, ord for ord,  ord til andet
 * Finnish:, sanatarkasti, ,
 * French: mot pour mot, mot à mot,
 * German: wortgetreu,
 * Greek: αυτολεξεί
 * Hebrew: מילה במילה
 * Hindi: शब्दश
 * Icelandic: ,


 * Japanese: 一語一語
 * Latin: ipsis litteris
 * Portuguese:, em si,   ipsis litteris,
 * Russian:, слово в слово
 * Slovene: dobesedno
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ordagrant
 * Yoruba: Atenuso

Adjective

 * Finnish:, ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Norwegian: ordrett


 * Slovene: dobeseden, dobesedna , dobesedno
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: pikakirjoitustaitoinen

Noun

 * Finnish:

Anagrams

 * ambivert

Adverb

 * 1) verbatim, word for word

Etymology
From verbum: + -atim:, adverbial suffix.

Descendants

 * English: verbatim