Standard Lemma guide

verbatim

adj · adv · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/
  • General-American: /vəɹˈbeɪ.tɪm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: V ER0 B EY1 T AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Corresponding with the original word for word.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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:

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I have copied his speech verbatim, so this is exactly what he said, word for word.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

Orally; verbally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A word-for-word report of a speech.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a direct quotation
  • repeated their dialog verbatim

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: direct

Antonyms: none provided

7

adverb

Meaning 7

using exactly the same words

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he repeated her remarks verbatim

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: word for word

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -ātim (adverbial suffix).

Across languages

Translations

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: һүҙмә-һүҙ (hüźmə-hüź) — of a document: word for word
  • Bulgarian: дословен (dosloven) — of a document: word for word
  • Czech: doslovný — of a document: word for word
  • Dutch: letterlijk — of a document: word for word
  • Finnish: sananmukainen — of a document: word for word
  • Finnish: sanatarkka — of a document: word for word
  • Finnish: kirjaimellinen — of a document: word for word
  • French: littéral — of a document: word for word
  • Georgian: სიტყვასიტყვითი (siṭq̇vasiṭq̇viti) — of a document: word for word
  • Georgian: ზედმიწევნითი (zedmic̣evniti) — of a document: word for word
  • Georgian: ზუსტი (zusṭi) — of a document: word for word
  • Greek: κατά λέξη (katá léxi) — of a document: word for word
  • Icelandic: orðréttur — of a document: word for word
  • Icelandic: orðrétt — of a document: word for word
  • Lithuanian: pažodinis — of a document: word for word
  • Norwegian: ordrett — of a document: word for word
  • Polish: dosłowny — of a document: word for word
  • Portuguese: verbatim — of a document: word for word
  • Portuguese: palavra por palavra — of a document: word for word
  • Russian: досло́вный (doslóvnyj) — of a document: word for word
  • Slovene: dobeseden — of a document: word for word
  • Spanish: trasuntado — of a document: word for word
  • Spanish: trasuntivo — of a document: word for word
  • Swedish: ordagrann — of a document: word for word
  • Finnish: pikakirjoitustaitoinen — of a person: skilled in faithful transcription
  • Arabic: حَرْفًا بِحَرْفٍ (ḥarfan bi-ḥarfin) — word for word
  • Arabic: حَرْفِيًّا (ḥarfiyyan) — word for word
  • Armenian: բառ առ բառ (baṙ aṙ baṙ) — word for word
  • Armenian: բառացիորեն (baṙacʻioren) — word for word
  • Azerbaijani: eynən — word for word
  • Bashkir: һүҙмә-һүҙ (hüźmə-hüź) — word for word
  • Belarusian: дасло́ўна (daslówna) — word for word
  • Belarusian: літара́льна (litarálʹna) — word for word
  • Belarusian: сло́ва ў сло́ва (slóva w slóva) — word for word
  • Bulgarian: досло́вно (doslóvno) — word for word
  • Bulgarian: буква́лно (bukválno) — word for word
  • Catalan: mot a mot — word for word
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逐字地 (zhúzì de) — word for word
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一字一字地 (yīzìyīzì de) — word for word
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一字不差地 (yīzìbùchà de) — word for word
  • Czech: doslovně — word for word
  • Czech: slovo od slova — word for word
  • Danish: ordret — word for word
  • Danish: ord for ord — word for word
  • Danish: ord til andet — word for word
  • Dutch: woord voor woord — word for word
  • Dutch: letterlijk — word for word
  • Esperanto: laŭvorte — word for word
  • Finnish: sananmukaisesti — word for word
  • Finnish: sanatarkasti — word for word
  • Finnish: kirjaimellisesti — word for word
  • Finnish: sanasta sanaan — word for word
  • French: texto — word for word
  • French: mot pour mot — word for word
  • French: littéralement — word for word
  • French: mot à mot — word for word
  • Georgian: სიტყვასიტყვით (siṭq̇vasiṭq̇vit) — word for word
  • Georgian: ზედმიწევნით (zedmic̣evnit) — word for word
  • Georgian: ზუსტად (zusṭad) — word for word
  • German: wortgetreu — word for word
  • German: wortwörtlich — word for word
  • German: Wort für Wort — word for word
  • Greek: αυτολεξεί (aftolexeí) — word for word
  • Hebrew: מילה במילה (milá bemilá) — word for word
  • Hindi: शब्दश (śabdaś) — word for word
  • Hungarian: szóról szóra — word for word
  • Icelandic: orðrétt — word for word
  • Icelandic: orð fyrir orð — word for word
  • Ido: vortope — word for word
  • Indonesian: kata demi kata — word for word
  • Irish: focal ar fhocal — word for word
  • Italian: parola per parola — word for word
  • Japanese: 一語一語 (ichigoichigo) — word for word
  • Japanese: 逐語的に (chikugoteki ni) — word for word
  • Kazakh: сөзбе-сөз (sözbe-söz) — word for word
  • Korean: 말 그대로의 (mal geudaero-ui) — word for word
  • Korean: 글자 그대로의 (geulja geudaero-ui) — word for word
  • Kyrgyz: сөзмө-сөз (sözmö-söz) — word for word
  • Latin: verbum verbō — word for word
  • Latin: ipsis litteris — word for word
  • Macedonian: дословно (doslovno) — word for word
  • Malayalam: പദാനുപദം (padānupadaṁ) — word for word
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ordrett — word for word
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ordrett — word for word
  • Old English: gewyrdelīce — word for word
  • Persian: کلمهبهکلمه (kalame-be-kalame) — word for word
  • Persian: عِیناً ('eynan) — word for word
  • Polish: słowo w słowo — word for word
  • Polish: dosłownie — word for word
  • Portuguese: à letra — word for word
  • Portuguese: palavra por palavra — word for word
  • Portuguese: ipsis litteris — word for word
  • Portuguese: verbatim — word for word
  • Portuguese: literalmente — word for word
  • Russian: досло́вно (doslóvno) — word for word
  • Russian: сло́во в сло́во (slóvo v slóvo) — word for word
  • Russian: буква́льно (bukválʹno) — word for word
  • Russian: мол (mol) — word for word
  • Northern Sami: sánis sátnái — word for word
  • Scottish Gaelic: facal air an fhacal — word for word
  • Serbo-Croatian: doslovce — word for word
  • Serbo-Croatian: doslovno — word for word
  • Slovak: doslovne — word for word
  • Slovene: dobesedno — word for word
  • Spanish: de verbo ad vérbum — word for word
  • Spanish: según y como — word for word
  • Spanish: según y conforme — word for word
  • Spanish: trasuntivamente — word for word
  • Spanish: trasuntadamente — word for word
  • Spanish: transcriptamente — word for word
  • Spanish: transcriptivamente — word for word
  • Swedish: ordagrant — word for word
  • Swedish: ord för ord — word for word
  • Swedish: verbatim — word for word
  • Swedish: ordagrann — word for word
  • Tajik: айнан (aynan) — word for word
  • Tajik: ҳарф ба ҳарф (harf ba harf) — word for word
  • Tajik: калима ба калима (kalima ba kalima) — word for word
  • Tatar: сүзгә-сүз (süzgä-süz) — word for word
  • Turkish: aynen — word for word
  • Turkish: harfi harfine — word for word
  • Turkish: kelimesi kelimesine — word for word
  • Turkish: motamot — word for word
  • Turkish: tıpa tıp — word for word
  • Turkish: sözü sözüne — word for word
  • Ukrainian: дослі́вно (doslívno) — word for word
  • Ukrainian: буква́льно (bukválʹno) — word for word
  • Ukrainian: сло́во в сло́во (slóvo v slóvo) — word for word
  • Urdu: لَفظ بَہ لَفظ — word for word
  • Urdu: لَفظ بَلَفظ — word for word
  • Uzbek: soʻzma-soʻz — word for word
  • Uzbek: aynan — word for word
  • Vietnamese: đúng nguyên văn — word for word
  • Welsh: gair am air — word for word
  • Yoruba: atenuso — word for word
  • Finnish: sanatarkka lainaus — word-for-word report
  • French: verbatim — word-for-word report
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ordrett nedtegnelse — word-for-word report
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ordrett referat — word-for-word report
  • Spanish: trasunto — word-for-word report