word-for-word - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • quote: If you quote an author word-for-word then place the text in quotes.
  • read: We generally don't read pages word-for-word - instead we scan web pages.
  • repeat: The ALT text should simply repeat, word-for-word, the text contained within that image.
  • translate: The final result sounded more natural than it had been translated word-for-word.
  • transcribe: The interviews are recorded and then transcribed word-for-word into a local or national written language.
  • copy: Most of the entries are copied almost word-for-word ( mistakes included ) from the Marvel website.

Modifies a noun

  • transcription: This is part of a word-for-word transcription of a holy conversation.
  • translation: The Good News Bible is not a word-for-word translation.
  • copying: Second, the use of the term ' work ' means that the definition covers more than word-for-word copying.
  • transcript: There follow word-for-word transcripts of 58 Wills, and 57 Probate Inventories.
  • rendering: These features can emerge only from a word-for-word rendering of the original.

Noun used with modifier

  • page: We generally don't read pages word-for-word - instead we scan web pages.
  • text: ALT text should always describe the content of the image and should repeat the text word-for-word.

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