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UK
/vɜːbˈeɪtɪm/
]
[ US /vɝˈbeɪtəm/ ]
[ US /vɝˈbeɪtəm/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
a direct quotation
repeated their dialog verbatim
ADVERB
-
using exactly the same words
he repeated her remarks verbatim
How To Use verbatim In A Sentence
- As with any verbatim transcript, it can be a little hard to follow in places, but it's worth plowing through the whole thing if you're really interested in all this.
- Here is the verbatim definition of schizophrenia from the Random House online dictionary - the medical definition: "a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations. Conservative: Dems looking 'schizophrenic' on reform
- Greene had the good sense to tape his conversations with his Dad, whose verbatim reminiscences about the war are sprinkled throughout the book.
- They are reprinted verbatim with the permission of the publisher.
- All interviews were then transcribed verbatim (with the exception of minor phrases such as ‘uh-huh’).
- Just repeat it verbatim to young people and they will admire you. Times, Sunday Times
- And in the end pretty well everything I wrote was reproduced verbatim.
- Consequently there is no just reason for translating the whole verbatim et literatim, as has been done by Torrens, Lane and The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- After his death, I trawled through all of his speeches I could locate, from his maiden speech at Westminster to the verbatim report of proceedings at Holyrood.
- I was not taking notes while McCain spoke, so I couldn't quote him verbatim, and did not purport to.