adverb
using exactly the same words
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he repeated her remarks verbatim
• Syn: ↑verbatim
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1 they took down the speeches word for word: VERBATIM, letter for letter, to the letter; exactly, faithfully.
2 a word-for-word translation: VERBATIM, literal, exact, direct, accurate, faithful; unadulterated, unabridged.
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adverbEtymology: Middle English
repeated the message word for word
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—word-for-word, adj.
1. in exactly the same words; verbatim.
2. one word at a time, without regard for the sense of the whole: She translated the book word for word.
[1350-1400; ME]
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word for word
Literally, verbatim
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Main Entry: ↑word
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word for word phrase
if you repeat something word for word, you repeat it exactly as someone else said it or wrote it
I swear that’s what he said, word for word.
Thesaurus: to say something again, or to repeat someone's else's wordssynonym
Main entry: word
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in exactly the same or, when translated, exactly equivalent words
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word for word
: in the exact words
He gave the same speech word for word [=verbatim] yesterday.
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Main Entry: ↑word
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ˌword for ˈword idiom
in exactly the same words or (when translated) exactly equivalent words
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She repeated their conversation word for word to me.
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a word-for-word translation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.