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Meaning of "word for word" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORD FOR WORD

word for word play
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WHAT DOES WORD FOR WORD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of word for word in the English dictionary

The definition of word for word in the dictionary is using exactly the same words as those employed in the situation being reported; verbatim. Other definition of word for word is translated by substituting each word in the new text for each corresponding word in the original rather than by general sense.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORD FOR WORD

word association
word blindness
word burst
word class
word deafness
word formation
word game
word list
Word of God
word of honour
word of mouth
word order
word picture
word processing
word processor
word sense disambiguation
word square
word stress
word wrap
word wrapping

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORD FOR WORD

at a word
buzz word
code word
content word
dirty word
entry word
four-letter word
full word
household word
in a word
keyword
mum´s the word
naughty word
of one´s word
operative word
printed word
reserved word
root word
the last word
the word
written word

Synonyms and antonyms of word for word in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «word for word» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORD FOR WORD

Find out the translation of word for word to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of word for word from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «word for word» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一个字一个字
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

palabra por palabra
570 millions of speakers

English

word for word
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शब्द के लिए शब्द
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كلمة كلمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слово в слово
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

palavra por palavra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অক্ষরে অক্ষরে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mot pour mot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkataan untuk perkataan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wort für Wort
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

逐語的に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단어 하나
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tembung kanggo tembung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từng chữ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வார்த்தைக்கு வார்த்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शब्दासाठी शब्द
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kelimesi kelimesine
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parola per parola
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słowo w słowo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слово в слово
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuvânt cu cuvânt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λέξη προς λέξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

woord vir woord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ord för ord
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ord for ord
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of word for word

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORD FOR WORD»

The term «word for word» is regularly used and occupies the 55.713 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORD FOR WORD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «word for word» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «word for word» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about word for word

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORD FOR WORD»

Discover the use of word for word in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to word for word and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Word for Word
The humorist and commentator offers a collection of essays on such topics as psychiatrists, diets, sweepstakes, spies, the fifty-first state, politics, repairman, grandfatherhood, and gardening
Andrew A. Rooney, 1988
2
Word for Word
Carefully selected range of problem words makes Word for Word suitable for students across a range of levels.
Stewart Clark, Graham Pointon, 2003
3
Annette Messager, word for word: texts, writings, and interviews
The first section of Word for Wordfocuses on writing in Annette Messager's artworks. The second includes numerous texts published in magazines or catalogues, as well as unpublished notes on her work and personal reflections on art and life.
Annette Messager, Marie-Laure Bernadac, 2006
4
Word for Word
An ingeniously handy guide to help you transform chew into masticate, rainy into pluvian?or antediluvian into plain old old. Attorney James Snyder didn?t set out to write a book about words. But one day he looked up the word animadversion.
James E. Snyder JD Jr., 2009
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Expository Dictionary of Bible Words: Word Studies for Key ...
"Searchable hyperlinked version of [the text]; Scripturelink Bible Study software for PC and PDA, which integrates the text ... with the following Bible texts and reference works: Bibles: King James version (Webster) with Strong's numbering ...
Stephen D. Renn, 2005
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Use a Better Word: Grades 4 & Up
Encourage students to replace 30 overused words with more specific and vivid word choices.
Rachel Showalter, Mara Ellen Guckian, Ina Massler Levin, 2011
7
Word Gloss
Graphology is the study of handwriting (logos is the Greek word for 'word', 'reason ', 'account'). Thus, 'The graphologist who studied the ransom note concluded it was written by a one-legged sailor with a hacking cough'. A hagiography is the ...
James D. O'Donnell, 1990
8
The tragedies of Euripides, construed literally and word for ...
I Translated, Word for Word, wfth the Text. 67THESE Kevs will be of great use to beginners ; they give the exact CL-' construing of the Greek and Latin Classics. as they are construed at the Universities and Public Schools. and they furnish a ...
Euripides, 1865
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Word Smart: Building an Educated Vocabulary
When you ask such people the definition of a word, it's almost as if they fall into a trance — their eyes glaze over as they rattle off the definition almost word for word from a dictionary. Use a dictionary, but don't become a slave to it. You Don't  ...
Adam Robinson, 2001
10
Kj3 Literal Translation New Testament
This is what the King James Version was meant to be, an exact word-for-word translation of the Hebrew and Greek texts.
‎2006

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