verbatim

citation

Mention of a source

• excerptPortion taken from larger work
• passageSegment of text
• transcriptVerbatim written account

transcription · dictation · recitation · testimony · deposition · minutes · record · stenography · court reporter · direct quote

word-for-word

Exactly as stated

• exactPerfectly correct, no deviation
• preciseExactly correct, no error
• literalMeaning exactly what's said

accurate · faithful · unaltered · unembellished · unvarnished · direct · strict · meticulous · scrupulous · rigorous

exactly

With total accuracy

• preciselyIn an exact manner
• literallyIn exact terms
• directlyWithout intermediary steps

word-for-word · to the letter · line-by-line · explicitly · faithfully · accurately · strictly · just so · sic

copy

Identical reproduction made

• duplicateExact replica of original
• replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
• facsimileExact reproduction of original

carbon copy · clone · replication · reproduction · mirror · echo · reiteration · reprint · imitation · photocopy

deposition

Formal testimony under oath

• testimonySworn statement as evidence
• court transcriptVerbatim legal proceeding record
• stenographicOf rapid transcription methods

sworn statement · on the record · witness statement · minutes · proceedings · affidavit · interrogatory · cross-examination · exhibit

• Latin phrasesE pluribus unum, carpe diem, caveat emptor, veni vidi vici, ad astra
• literal translationsword-for-word, direct translation, metaphrase
• borrowed wordschic, naive, passe, avant-garde, faux
• note-takingnotes, jot, notation, write down, note down
• Transcriptiontranscript, transcriptionist, live transcription, dictation, stenography
• Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit