As a linguistic term, "verbatim" means an exact reproduction of a sentence, phrase, quote or other sequence of text from one source into another. The same words appear in exactly the same order, with no paraphrasing, substitution, or abbreviation of any kind, not even any trivial changes that wouldn't have affected the meaning in any way. Linguistics is the scientific study of language, which can be theoretical or applied. ... Copying is the duplication of information, or an artifact, based only on an instance of that information or artifact, and not using the process that originally generated it. ... Illustration of a scribe writing Writing, in its most common sense, is the preservation of and the preserved text on a medium, with the use of signs or symbols. ... A Paraphrase is a statement or remark explained in other words or another way, so as to simplify or clarify its meaning. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In Clinical Pastoral Education, a "verbatim" refers to a student's written record of pastoral conversations with patients/clients, which are then discussed with the student peers and the supervisor, providing the information basis for the evaluations of the student's perceptiveness and sensitivity in those pastoral encounters with patients or persons in need. Clinical Pastoral Education is interfaith professional education for ministry. ...

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The word 'Verbatim' also appears in the names of several companies: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

• Verbatim Corporation (United States)
• Verbatim Limited (UK)
• Verbatim France S.A.S (France)
• Verbatim GmbH (Germany)
• Verbatim Italia S.p.A (Italy)
• Verbatim España S.A (Spain)
• Simeon Verbatim Ltd (New Zealand)

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