word for word — {adv. phr.} I exactly the same words. /Mary copied Sally's compositio word for word./ /Joa repeated the coversatio word for word./ /She leared the poem may years ago but she recited it word for… (Словарь американских идиом)
word for word — {adv. phr.} I exactly the same words. /Mary copied Sally's compositio word for word./ /Joa repeated the coversatio word for word./ /She leared the poem may years ago but she recited it word for…
Word for word — Word Word, . [AS. word; aki to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Da. ord, Goth. wa['u]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a ame, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. "rh`twr a orator. Cf. {Verb}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… (The Collaborative International Dictionary of English)
word-for-word — adjective Date: circa 1611 being in or following the exact words ; verbatim … (New Collegiate Dictionary)
word for word — adverb Date: 14th century in the exact words ; verbatim…