word-for-word
See also: word for word
English
Adjective
word-for-word (not comparable)
- 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
Coordinate terms
- sense-for-sense
Translations
Using exactly the same words as were originally used
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See also
- formal equivalence
- literalism
- metaphrase (translation theory)