version — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A specific form or variation of something.

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   ‘[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’

   An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.

2. A translation from one language to another.

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   It's only in the King James Version of the Bible.

3. A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language.

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4. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.

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5. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.

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   He gave another version of the affair.

6. A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).

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   Upgrade to the latest version for new features and bug fixes.

7. A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.

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8. An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.

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9. A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion.

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   External cephalic version is a process by which a breech baby can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first.

   The version of air into water.

10. An instrumental in sound system culture.

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    Out of sound system culture came the instrumental “version” (ubiquitous in late 1960s Jamaica)[…]

Verb

1. To keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system.

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   • Transitive

   Related words

   bibleCVSrevision controlversioning

Noun

1. an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint

   Broader terms

   interpretation

   Examples

   his version of the fight was different from mine

2. something a little different from others of the same type

   Synonyms

   variantvariationedition

   Broader terms

   type

   Examples

   an experimental version of the night fighter

   a variant of the same word

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   an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone

   the boy is a younger edition of his father

3. a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

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   adaptation

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   writingwritten materialpiece of writing

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   the play is an adaptation of a short novel

4. a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

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   translationinterlingual renditionrendering

   Broader terms

   written recordwritten account

5. a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

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   interpretationreading

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   representationmental representationinternal representation

6. manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)

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   turnturning