Word of the Day: Verbatim

ver-ba-tim / vərˈbādəm

adverb

1. in the exact same words

I will never repeat something verbatim on the air unless I know it’s accurate.

Al Michaels, 1944-

adjective

1. word-for-word; corresponding to the exact same words being quoted

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1836-1907

2. skilled at recording or remembering words or events exactly as they occurred

I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can’t remember what happened a couple of days ago.

James Herriot, 1916-1995