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Definition: Word For Word |
Word For WordAdverb1. Using exactly the same words; "he repeated her remarks verbatim". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Word For WordSynonym: verbatim (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imitation | Adverb: literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim, sic, totidem verbis, word for word, mot a mot; exactly, precisely. |
Truth | Exactly; Adjective: ad amussim; verbatim, verbatim et literatim; word for word, literally, literatim, totidem vervis, sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis; ad unguem; to an inch; to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a T; au pied de la lettre; neither more nor less; in every respect, in all respects; sous tous les rapports; at any rate, at all events; strictly speaking. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Word For Word |
| English words defined with "word for word": Derogatory clause in a testament ♦ literal ♦ Metaphrase ♦ Verbatim et literatim ♦ word-for-word. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "word for word": COPY HOLDER ♦ In Extenso. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. (references; author: unknown) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | This inventory I afterwards translated that into English, and is word for word as follows. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "word for word": word for word translation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "word for word"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | germë për germë (literally), fjalë për fjalë (literally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sanasta sanaan (literally, verbatim), sananmukaisesti (literally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mot pour mot, mot mot. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wortwörtlich (literally, verbatim, word-for-word), wort für wort (verbatim, word by word), wörtlich (direct, literal, literally, textual, verbal, verbally, verbatim, word-for-word). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αυτολέξει (verbatim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szóról szóra (in so many words, literally, verbatim), szó szerint (literally, to the letter, verbatim, word-for-word). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 一語一語 (one word), 一字一句 (verbatim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いち"いち" (one word), いちじいっく (verbatim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ordway orfay ordway cuvânt cu cuvânt (literal, literally, verbal, verbally). (various references) пословно пословный (word by word). (various references) ord för ord (verbatim). (various references) kelimesi kelimesine (literal, literatim, textual, verbal, verbally, verbatim, with fidelity), kelime kelime, harfi harfine (factual, fair, fairly, literally, literatim, strict, to the letter, verbal, verbatim, word by word). (various references) дослівно (literally, verbatim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | verbatim. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Proper Noun Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-f-o-o-o-r-r-r-w-w" | |
-3 letters: Woodford. | |
-4 letters: Forwood, Frodoor, Rodford, Woodrow. | |
-5 letters: Orford, Orwood, Wodrow. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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