What does “verbatim” mean?
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"Verbatim" means using the exact same words — like, copying something word for word, nothing changed.
So imagine your friend tells you a secret, and later you repeat it to someone else using the exact same words your friend used. That's verbatim. Like, "I'm not paraphrasing — I'm quoting her verbatim." Or a lawyer might say, "I need the verbatim transcript of the trial" — meaning every single word, exactly as it was spoken.
You can also use it just casually, like — "He repeated my joke verbatim and got all the laughs!" That means he said it word for word, exactly how you said it.
So basically — verbatim = exactly as said or written, not changed at all.
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