verbatim

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]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɜːˈbeɪ.tɪm/^[3]
• (US) IPA^(key): /vɝˈbeɪ.tɪm/

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verbatim (not comparable)

1. 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

2. (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

• verbatim et literatim

verbatim (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. (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.

• ((of a document) faithful to its original): word for word, to the letter

• nonverbatim
• verbatimness

verbatim (plural verbatims)

1. A word-for-word report of a speech.

• ipsissima verba

• ambivert

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verbatim m (plural verbatim)

1. verbatim

verbatim

1. verbatim

From verbum (“word”) +‎ -ātim.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈbaː.tim/, [u̯ɛrˈbäːt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈba.tim/, [verˈbäːt̪im]

verbātim (not comparable)

1. verbatim, word for word

• English: verbatim

• 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)

Borrowed from Latin verbatim.

• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: ver‧ba‧tim

verbatim (not comparable)

1. verbatim (word for word)

   Synonyms: à letra, palavra por palavra, ipsis litteris

2. verbatim, literally (in exactly the same words)

verbatim m or f (plural verbatins)

1. verbatim (that corresponds word for word to the original text)

• “verbatim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “verbatim”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “verbatim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024