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Definition 2024

word_for_word

word for word

See also: word-for-word

English

Adverb

word for word

In exactly the same words (as were originally used).

He was able to repeat the entire script word for word.

The two essays were the same, word for word.

Synonyms

verbatim

Translations

in exactly the same words

Arabic: حَرْفًا بِحَرْفٍ ‎(ḥarfan bi-ḥarfin)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 逐字地 (zh) ‎(zhúzì de), 一字一字地 ‎(yīzìyīzì de), 一字不差地 (zh) ‎(yīzìbùchà de)
Danish: ord for ord, ord til andet
Dutch: woord voor woord
Finnish: sanasta sanaan
French: mot pour mot (fr)
German: Wort für Wort, wortwörtlich (de)
Hebrew: מילה במילה ‎(milá bemilá)
Hungarian: szóról szóra
Ido: vortope (io)

Italian: parola per parola
Japanese: 一語一語 ‎(いちごいちご, ichigoichigo), 逐語的に ‎(ちくごてきに, chikugoteki ni)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: ordrett

Nynorsk: ordrett
Portuguese: palavra por palavra
Russian: сло́во в сло́во (ru) ‎(slóvo v slóvo), досло́вно (ru) ‎(doslóvno), буква́льно (ru) ‎(bukválʹno)
Scottish Gaelic: facal air an fhacal
Spanish: palabra por palabra, al pie de la palabra
Swedish: ord för ord (sv)

See also

word-for-word