verbatim
Americanadverb
adjective
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corresponding word for word to the original source or text.
a verbatim record of the proceedings.
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skilled at recording or noting down speeches, proceedings, etc., with word-for-word accuracy.
a verbatim stenographer.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of verbatim
First recorded in 1475–85; from Medieval Latin verbātim, from verb(um) “word” + -ātim, adverb suffix
Example Sentences
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When it comes to public figures, there are clearly good reasons to stick pretty close to a verbatim transcript of what they really said.
From Salon
These feature actors relaying verbatim testimonies from contributors who wished to remain anonymous.
From BBC
Alongside each photograph she includes verbatim excerpts of hourslong interviews that, she writes, “gave voice to one of the many stories I heard.”
In its lawsuit, the Times accused Perplexity of illegally crawling its material and repackaging original Times stories in “verbatim or near-verbatim” written responses to users.
"The actual malice here is the knowing dissemination of something that was purported to be verbatim, but which is not," said Mr Neuborne, the former national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
From BBC
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