Definition of "verbatim" []

• Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation. (adjective)
• In exactly the same words; word for word: repeated their dialogue verbatim. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE ABC News obtained a copy of an unpublished book proposal with quotes from what it calls a verbatim transcript from an interview Schwarzenegger gave in 1975."
• "To my Chinese friends here in Hong Kong, "how people are educated, how trust relations are established and how accountability is exercised" would sound very close to repeating verbatim from the Analects by Confucius."
• "And ironically 80% of that outline was stolen verbatim from the Obama plan. gerry"