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# verbatim

adverb (verbatim); adjective (verbatim) — formal

«verbatim» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Verbatim means in exactly the same words as were used originally, word for word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verbatim/#m1)

### In the lessons

In school it appears with copying and quoting: copying a website verbatim into your project without saying where it came from is plagiarism; if you quote verbatim, use quotation marks and name the source. In law and news, a verbatim record is an exact copy of what was said. Phrases: «quote verbatim», «a verbatim copy», «repeat verbatim».

### Examples

- She repeated the instructions verbatim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verbatim/#x1)
- Don't copy the website verbatim; use your own words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verbatim/#x2)
- If you quote verbatim, put the words in quotation marks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verbatim/#x3)
- The court keeps a verbatim record of what was said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verbatim/#x4)
- He learned the poem verbatim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verbatim/#x5)
- The newspaper printed the speech verbatim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verbatim/#x6)

### Note

Formal, from Latin «verbum» (word). Adverb and adjective; no plural. Similar: word for word, exactly. Not to be confused with «verbal».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «verbatim» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verbatim/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«verbatim» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/verbatim.html) on Mova free.