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word-for-word

word-for-word

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English

Adjective

word-for-word (used before a noun; no comparative or superlative)

(idiomatic) Using exactly the same words (as were originally used).
His essay was a word-for-word copy of one on the Internet.

Synonyms

exact, verbatim

Translations

Using exactly the same words as were originally used

Bulgarian: дословен m ‎(doslòven), дословна (bg) f ‎(doslòvna), дословно (bg) n ‎(doslòvno), дословни (bg) m pl, f pl, n pl ‎(doslòvni)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 逐字 (zh) ‎(zhúzì), 逐字逐句 (zh) ‎(zhúzìzhújù)
Esperanto: laŭvorta
Finnish: sanasta sanaan
German: wortwörtlich (de)
Greek: λέξη προς λέξη ‎(léxi pros léxi), επί λέξη ‎(epí léxi), κατά λέξη ‎(katá léxi)

Icelandic: orðréttur (is) m, orðrétt f, n
Norwegian:

Bokmål: ordrett

Nynorsk: ordrett
Polish: dosłowny (pl)
Russian: досло́вный (ru) ‎(doslóvnyj)
Spanish: al pie de la palabra

See also

word for word