What does "version" mean?
A specific form or variation of something.
Version
/ˈvɜːʒn̩/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A specific form or variation of something.
- Grammar: version is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: variant, adaptation, edition, interpretation.
- Useful contrasts: fact, original, reality.
- Usage evidence: You must request the latest version of the software.
How to use "version"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A specific form or variation of something. countable, uncountable
"‘[…] 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—’"
- 2 manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery) wordnet
- 3 A translation from one language to another. countable, uncountable
"It's only in the King James Version of the Bible."
- 4 something a little different from others of the same type wordnet
- 5 A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language. archaic, countable, uncountable
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- 6 a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something wordnet
- 7 The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 8 a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form wordnet
- 9 An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account. countable, uncountable
"He gave another version of the affair."
- 10 a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language wordnet
- 11 A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.). countable, uncountable
"Upgrade to the latest version for new features and bug fixes."
- 12 an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint wordnet
- 13 A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion. countable, uncountable
- 14 An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction. countable, uncountable
- 15 A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"External cephalic version is a process by which a breech baby can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first."
- 16 An instrumental in sound system culture. countable, uncountable
"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. transitive
Example
"You must request the latest version of the software."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "version"?
Common synonyms include: variant, adaptation, edition, interpretation, rendition, account.
How do you use "version" in a sentence?
You must request the latest version of the software.
How do you pronounce "version"?
Pronounced /ˈvɜːʒn̩/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French version, from Medieval Latin versiō, from Latin vertō (“I turn”). Used in English since 16th century.