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advDefinition of WORD FOR WORD
: in the exact words : verbatim
See Examples of WORD FOR WORD
- <you don't have to record the professor's comments word for word in your notes>
First Known Use of WORD FOR WORD
14th century
Related to WORD FOR WORD
Near Antonyms: basically, essentially, virtually; carelessly, freely, imprecisely, inaccurately, loosely
Rhymes with WORD FOR WORD
afterword, bowerbird, butcher-bird, cedarbird, dickey bird, dirty word, dolly bird, early bird, fighting word, frigate bird, gallows bird, hummingbird, in a word, lemon curd, mockingbird, ovenbird, riflebird, tailorbird, thunderbird, undergird, wading bird, wattlebird, weasel word, weaverbird, whirlybird
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