VERBATIM Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

verbatim

adverb

(ˌ)vər-ˈbā-təm

Definition of verbatim

as in directly

in the same words you can't just copy the encyclopedia article verbatim for your report—that's plagiarism

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Recent Examples of verbatim The parallels are uncanny — Ashley is now the general manager of the club, giving the exact same speech that Josh gave verbatim at a Monte Visto fundraiser. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 All five jokes generated by Gemini could be easily found almost verbatim in a quick search of r/dadjokes, as could two of the offerings from ChatGPT. — ArsTechnica, 21 Jan. 2026 However, since the languages are identical, the interpreter just repeats the exact same words verbatim after each line. — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026 And while many of the pages are copied verbatim from Wikipedia, there are notable changes on topics relating to Musk, his enemies and allies, and his far-right politics. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for verbatim

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Sales from the thrift store are donated directly to widows, immigrants and refugees in the Sacramento area and internationally.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
The problem with wildfires — unlike hurricanes or earthquakes — is that humans can directly influence them.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of directly

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The main studio is Room 1, and all the contestants start there, competing to accurately count the grains in a bag of rice.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
The critical moment took place before that, when the taker didn’t accurately perceive or interpret the movements of the ’keeper.

— Geir Jordet, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of accurately

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But that’s exactly what happened, and the area proved to be one of the tournament’s smashing successes.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Bradač’s work looked at Ramsey numbers, which tell mathematicians exactly how large a graph can become before it’s guaranteed to gain a clique or independent set.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

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