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Word For Word

Definition: Word For Word

Word For Word

Adverb

1. 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 Word

Synonym: verbatim (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Word For Word

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Word For Word

English words defined with "word for word": Derogatory clause in a testamentliteralMetaphraseVerbatim et literatimword-for-word. (references)
Specialty definitions using "word for word": COPY HOLDERIn Extenso. (references)

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Modern Usage: Word For Word

DomainUsage

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.

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Use in Literature: Word For Word

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

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Expression: Word For Word

Expression using "word for word": word for word translation. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Word For Word

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

   

Romanian

  

cuvânt cu cuvânt (literal, literally, verbal, verbally). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

пословно пословный (word by word). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ord för ord (verbatim). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Ukrainian

  

дослівно (literally, verbatim). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Word For Word

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Medieval Latin700-1500

verbatim. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Word For Word

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.

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INDEX

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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