🇬🇧 Verbatim meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

If you repeat something verbatim, you say or write it *exactly* the same way as it was said or written before—like you’re copying it word for word without changing a single thing.

I tried to repeat the teacher’s sentence verbatim, but my brain translated it into, “Blah blah test tomorrow.”

The villain in my comic repeated the hero’s speech verbatim and then added, “But more evil,” at the end.

My sister repeated my embarrassing dance moves verbatim, which is impressive because even my legs forgot what they were doing.

I quoted the principal’s speech verbatim, even the dramatic pause that lasted longer than summer vacation.

Our teacher said we must quote the definition verbatim, so twenty kids chanted like tiny, nerdy robots.

At the window a woman holds her father's verbatim card and writes a verbatim line on clean paper. She reads the verbatim words aloud, matching his slow breath. At night she keeps a verbatim copy under her pillow and whispers the verbatim page until sleep comes. In the morning she smiles, comforted.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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