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word-for-word

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Using exactly the same words (as were originally used).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • His essay was a word-for-word copy of one on the Internet.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: һүҙмә-һүҙ (hüźmə-hüź) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Bulgarian: досло́вен (doslóven) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逐字 (zhúzì) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逐字逐句 (zhúzìzhújù) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Danish: ordret — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Esperanto: laŭvorta — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Finnish: sanasta sanaan — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • French: mot à mot — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • French: mot pour mot — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Georgian: სიტყვასიტყვით (siṭq̇vasiṭq̇vit) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Georgian: ზედმიწევნით (zedmic̣evnit) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Georgian: ზუსტად (zusṭad) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • German: wortwörtlich — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Greek: λέξη προς λέξη (léxi pros léxi) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Greek: επί λέξει (epí léxei) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Greek: κατά λέξη (katá léxi) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Icelandic: orðréttur — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Icelandic: orðrétt — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ordrett — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ordrett — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Polish: dosłowny — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Russian: досло́вный (doslóvnyj) — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Northern Sami: sánis sátnái — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Northern Sami: sánálaš — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Scottish Gaelic: facal air an fhacal — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Spanish: al pie de la palabra — using exactly the same words as were originally used
  • Swedish: ordagrann — using exactly the same words as were originally used