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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested in English since 1481[1] (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some[2]): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”)[1][2][3][4], from Latin verbum (“word”)[1][2][3][4] + -ātim (adverbial suffix)[4].
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/[3]
- (US) IPA(key): /vɚˈbeɪ.tɪm/
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Adverb[edit]
verbatim (not comparable)
- Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
- I have copied his speech verbatim, so this is exactly what he said, word for word.
- 1971, Denis Mahon, Studies in Seicento Art and Theory, page 317:
- […] in several instances Mancini’s text is virtually reproduced verbatim by Bellori.120
- (obsolete) Orally; verbally.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- I […] am not able
Verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen
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Synonyms
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Translations[edit]
word for word
Adjective[edit]
verbatim (not comparable)
- (of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word.
- Date unknown: Joint Committee on Printing Congress of the United States, General Statement of Procedure for Verbatim Reporting of Proceedings in Senate Chamber, page five:
- 1917, Andreĭ Ivanovich Shingarev, Russia and Her Allies: Extract from the Verbatim Report of the Imperial Duma, IVth Session, 16th Sitting, page 3:
- 2002, Michael Quim Patton, Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, page 381:
- Ironically, verbatim note taking can interfere with listening attentively.
- (of a person) Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.
- 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.
- U.S. Department of Labor's description of court reporter's job:
Synonyms[edit]
- ((of a document) faithful to its original): word for word, to the letter
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of a document: word for word
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of a person: skilled in faithful transcription
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Noun[edit]
verbatim (plural verbatims)
- A word-for-word report of a speech.
Translations[edit]
word-for-word report
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Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
verbatim m (plural verbatim)
Adverb[edit]
verbatim
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From verbum (“word”) + -ātim.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯erˈbaː.tim/, [u̯ɛrˈbäːt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈba.tim/, [verˈbäːt̪im]
Adverb[edit]
verbātim (not comparable)
Descendants[edit]
- English: verbatim
References[edit]
- verbatim in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese[edit]
Adverb[edit]
verbatim (not comparable)
- verbatim (word for word)
- Synonyms: à letra, palavra por palavra, ipsis litteris
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