23 July 2017

verbatim

[ver-bey-tim]

adverb

1. in exactly the same words; word for word:
to repeat something verbatim.
adjective
2. corresponding word for word to the original source or text:
a verbatim record of the proceedings.
3. skilled at recording or noting down speeches, proceedings, etc., with word-for-word accuracy:
a verbatim stenographer.

Origin of verbatim

Medieval Latin

1475-1485; < Medieval Latin verbātim, equivalent to verb(um) word + -ātim adv. suffix
verbatim et literatim

[wer-bah-tim et lee-te-rah-tim; English ver-bey-tim et lit-uh-rey-tim]

adverb, Latin.

1. word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.

Also, verbatim ac literatim [wer-bah-tim ahk lee-te-rah-tim; English ver-bey-tim ak lit-uh-rey-tim].

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Contemporary Examples

He knew exactly what Raymond had said, maybe not verbatim, but certainly in general.
John Grisham’s Debut Short Story
John Grisham
October 25, 2009

I have it on good authority these quotes are 100 percent accurate, if not 100 percent verbatim.
Forget the Resolutions; Try a Few Declarations
Kevin Bleyer
December 31, 2014

She played the part by reading from a script assembled almost entirely out of verbatim Palin quotes.
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The Daily Beast
January 10, 2010

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Today’s quotes

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

– Jane Goodall

On this day

23 July 1892 – birthday of Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia. Although Selassie was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, Rastafarians believe that he is the Messiah returned. Died 27 August 1975.

23 July 1934 – Australian batsman, Donald Bradman, scores 304 against England at Leeds, with 43 fours and 2 sixes. He is the only batsman to ever complete two treble centuries in Test cricket.

23 July 1935 – a B-25 Mitchell bomber carrying three people, crashes into the Empire State Building, New York City, killing 14 people. The accident was caused by heavy fog.

23 July 2011 – death of Amy Winehouse. English singer-songwriter. She was 27. Born 14 September 1983.