Word-for-word

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Using exactly the same words (as were originally used). not-comparable

    "His essay was a word-for-word copy of one on the Internet."

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"We want natural-sounding translations, not word-for-word direct translations."

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