verbatim
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): /vɝˈbeɪ.tɪm/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
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
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]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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See also
[edit]References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]verbatim m (plural verbatim)
Adverb
[edit]verbatim
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From verbum (“word”) + -ātim.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯erˈbaː.tim/, [u̯ɛrˈbäːt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate 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]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: ver‧ba‧tim
Adverb
[edit]verbatim (not comparable)
- verbatim (word for word)
- Synonyms: à letra, palavra por palavra, ipsis litteris
- verbatim, literally (in exactly the same words)
Adjective
[edit]verbatim m or f (plural verbatins)
- verbatim (that corresponds word for word to the original text)
Further reading
[edit]- “verbatim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “verbatim”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “verbatim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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