VERBATIM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does verbatim mean? 

• VERBATIM (adjective)
  The adjective VERBATIM has 1 sense:

1. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

  Familiarity information: VERBATIM used as an adjective is very rare.

• VERBATIM (adverb)
  The adverb VERBATIM has 1 sense:

1. using exactly the same words

  Familiarity information: VERBATIM used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERBATIM (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

Synonyms:

direct; verbatim

Context example:

repeated their dialog verbatim

Similar:

exact (marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact)

• VERBATIM (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Using exactly the same words

Synonyms:

verbatim; word for word

Context example:

he repeated her remarks verbatim

 Context examples 

The verbatim description of the medical history being reported.

(Medical History Reported Term, NCI Thesaurus)

The verbatim description of the adverse event.

(Adverse Event Verbatim Description, NCI Thesaurus)

In the interests of my paper I took down his speech verbatim.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A terminology codelist based on the verbatim or preprinted term for the device tracking and disposition event that occurs.

(CDISC SDTM Device Tracking and Disposition Event Dictionary Derived Term Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

This is his statement as made before Inspector Montgomery at the Shadwell Police Station, and it has the advantage of being verbatim.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I rang the bell and called for the weekly county paper, which contained a verbatim account of the inquest.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I still retain an almost verbatim report of the interview in which he demonstrated the true facts of the case to Monsieur Dubuque of the Paris police, and Fritz von Waldbaum, the well-known specialist of Dantzig, both of whom had wasted their energies upon what proved to be side-issues.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)