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]

• IPA^(key): (Received Pronunciation) /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 (comparative more verbatim, superlative most verbatim)

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): [wɛrˈbaː.tĩː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [verˈbaː.t̪im]

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, 2003–2025
• “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