different between seriatim vs verbatim

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin seriatim, from Latin seri?s (“row, chain”) + -?tim, adverbial suffix.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?????e?t?m/, /s????e?t?m/

Adverb

seriatim (not comparable)

1. One after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
   • 1755, W. Massey, Corruptae Latinitatis Index, p. 63:

     Seriatim, I know of no good Authority that this Adverb can claim, though it has got a Place in our Dictionaries, and School-Books.

   • 1829, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: from the papers of Thomas Jefferson, p. 337:

     That pen should go on, lay bare these wounds of our constitution, expose these decisions seriatim, and arouse, as it is able, the attention of the nation to these bold speculators on its patience.

   • 1893, Medical Record, edited by George F. Shrady, volume 43, page 570:

     The author then took up each step seriatim of the technique and after-treatment.

   • 2002, Colin Jones,The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 242:

     Despite the seemingly bright start in North America, French forces failed to stop the English from opening up the Saint Lawrence seaway through Louisbourg, which fell in 1758, and French fortresses along the Ohio river passed seriatim into English hands.

   • 2004, Jon L. Ericson, Notes and Comments on Robert’s Rules, p.87:

     What does “consider seriatim” mean? To consider seriatim means to consider a motion part by part. (Literally, seriatim means in a series, so a motion could be considered by sentence, by paragraph, or by section.)

   • 2006, Daniel Yeager, J. L. Austin and the Law: Exculpation and the Explication of Responsibility, p. 42:

     Children who seriatim decapitate a row of trees or pull the wings off flies hardly do it unintentionally, but they may have no reason or motive […]

Synonyms

• in order, step by step; see also Thesaurus:sequentially

Adjective

seriatim (not comparable)

1. (chiefly law) Point by point; sequential.

   a seriatim review

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:seriatim.

Related terms

• gradatim
• literatim
• serial
• seriate
• seriation
• series
• verbatim

See also

• seriatum

Anagrams

• Emiratis, air times, airtimes, emiratis, maistrie

English

Etymology

Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verb?tim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -?tim (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v???be?.t?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /v??be?.t?m/

Adverb

verbatim (not comparable)

1. Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
   • 1971, Denis Mahon, Studies in Seicento Art and Theory, p317

     […] in several instances Mancini’s text is virtually reproduced verbatim by Bellori.¹²⁰

2. (obsolete) Orally; verbally.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• verbatim et literatim

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

verbatim (not comparable)

1. (of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word.
   • Date unknown: Joint Committee on Printing Congress of the United States, General Statement of Procedure for Verbatim Reporting of Proceedings in Senate Chamber, page five:
   • 1917, Andre? Ivanovich Shingarev, Russia and Her Allies: Extract from the Verbatim Report of the Imperial Duma, IV^th Session, 16^th Sitting, page 3:
   • 2002, Michael Quim Patton, Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, p381

     Ironically, verbatim note taking can interfere with listening attentively.

2. (of a person) Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.
   • U.S. Department of Labor's description of court reporter's job:

     Some States require voice writers to pass a test and to earn State licensure. As a substitute for State licensure, the National Verbatim Reporters Association offers three national certifications to voice writers: Certified Verbatim Reporter (CVR), the Certificate of Merit (CM), and Real-Time Verbatim Reporter (RVR). Earning these certifications is sufficient to be licensed in States where the voice method of court reporting is permitted.

Synonyms

• ((of a document) faithful to its original): word for word, to the letter

Derived terms

• nonverbatim
• verbatimness

Translations

Noun

verbatim (plural verbatims)

1. A word-for-word report of a speech.

Translations

See also

• ipsissima verba

References

Anagrams

• ambivert

French

Noun

verbatim m (plural verbatim)

1. verbatim

Adverb

verbatim

1. verbatim

Latin

Etymology

From verbum (“word”) +? -?tim.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?er?ba?.tim/, [u??r?bä?t????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver?ba.tim/, [v?r?b??t?im]

Adverb

verb?tim (not comparable)

1. verbatim, word for word

Descendants

• English: verbatim

References

• verbatim in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Adverb

verbatim (not comparable)

1. verbatim (word for word)

   Synonyms: à letra, palavra por palavra, ipsis litteris