verbatimver‧ba‧tim /vɜːˈbeɪtɪm $ vɜːr-/ adjective, adverb formal 
a verbatim account of our conversation Their stories were taped and transcribed verbatim.
WORD ORIGINverbatim
Origin:
1400-1500 Medieval Latin, Latin verbum; ➔ VERBEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a verbatim quote
- She recited the speech verbatim.
Longman Language Activatoran exact description/translation/copy
completely correct because all the details are true: · The witness tried to give an accurate description of what she had seen.· accurate financial forecasts
an exact copy, model etc of something is like it in every possible way: · an exact replica of a 900-year-old Buddhist shrine· I can't remember her exact words, but this is the gist of what she said.exact likeness (=use this about a painting or drawing of someone that looks very much like that person): · It's not an exact likeness, but it's recognisable as my father.exact same spoken: · She's wearing the exact same dress I bought last week!
a literal translation gives the exact meaning of a word, or each word in a sentence, instead of translating the word or whole sentence in a natural way: · The literal meaning of the Yiddish word 'mensch' is 'person'. · It's rare to use a literal translation of a film title when it is sold abroad.
if you repeat, copy, or translate something word for word , you use the exact words that are in it: · He asked me to repeat word for word the instructions he'd just given me.· The footnote gave a word for word translation of the quotation.
a faithful copy of something is as close as possible to the original: · His model cars are faithful copies of the originals.· This is a faithful interpretation of Shakespeare's original text.· a faithful reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon village
exact and correct according to accepted rules or an accepted system: · Dates must be listed in strict chronological order.· Under a strict interpretation of the rules, she would be suspended.· In the strictest sense of the word, all popular fiction is 'romantic'.
formal repeating the exact words that were spoken or written: · The government released a verbatim transcript of the pilot's last words.· He lifted passages almost verbatim from an earlier essay he had written.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a verbatim account of our conversationCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
repeating the actual words that were spoken or written SYN word-for-wordverbatim account/quote/report etc a verbatim account of our conversation· She said little about herself, instead giving me colourful, often verbatim accounts of everyone else.
a verbatim account of our conversation Their stories were taped and transcribed verbatim.