version
/'və:ʃn/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A particular form or variant of something: A "version" is one specific form or type of something that exists, often differing in some details from other forms of the same thing.
- An account or description from a particular point of view: A "version" is one person's or group's interpretation, description, or report of an event or situation.
- A translation of a text from one language to another: A "version" is a written work that has been rendered into another language.
- An adaptation of a creative work: A "version" is a work (e.g., a film, play, or novel) that has been modified from its original form.
- (Specialized, medicine) The manual turning of a fetus in the uterus: In medical contexts, "version" refers to a procedure to aid delivery.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The software company released a new version of its application.
- Each witness gave a different version of the accident.
- I read the English version of the novel.
- The film is a modern version of the classic fairy tale.
Advanced Usage
- "The authorized version": Often refers to a specific, officially approved edition, most famously the King James Version of the Bible.
- Scholars often compare modern translations to the authorized version.
- "To give one's version of events": To provide one's own account or story about what happened.
- The police asked everyone involved to give their version of events.
Variants and Related Words
- Revert (verb): To return to a previous state or version.
- The software will revert to the last saved version.
- Subversion (noun): The act of undermining or overthrowing something established.
- The novel was accused of political subversion.
Synonyms
- Edition: A particular form or version of a published text.
- Account: A report or description of an event or experience.
- Interpretation: An explanation or way of understanding something.
- Variant: Something that differs in form from a standard type.
Related Phrases
- Beta version: An early version of software released for testing.
- The beta version of the game still has some bugs.
- Cover version: A new performance or recording of a previously recorded song by someone other than the original artist.
- Their cover version of that song became more popular than the original.
Related Idioms
- "The gospel truth" (often contrasted with "someone's version"): Used to emphasize that something is completely true, unlike a possibly biased personal account.
- I'm not telling you my opinion; I'm telling you the gospel truth, not my version of it.
Noun
- manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
- a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
- the play is an adaptation of a short novel
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an experimental version of the night fighter
- a variant of the same word
- an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone
- the boy is a younger edition of his father
- an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
- his version of the fight was different from mine