version
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
a particular form or variant of something: a modern version of an antique.
a translation.
Often Ver·sion . a translation of the Bible or a part of it.
Medicine/Medical. the act of turning a child in the uterus so as to bring them into a more favorable position for delivery.
Pathology. an abnormal direction of the axis of the uterus or other organ.
Origin of version
1synonym study For version
Other words for version
Other words from version
- ver·sion·al, adjective
- pre·ver·sion, noun
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How to use version in a sentence
The program has not made a final selection on which upgrades will actually be included in future versions of the F-35.
The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019 | Dave Majumdar | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOther versions are coated in marzipan, or dusted in powder sugar.
One Cake to Rule Them All: How Stollen Stole Our Hearts | Molly Hannon | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe many great versions include Keith Richards and Dave Edmunds.
Although there have been versions recorded where the roles are reversed.
These are few and verbal, but momentous, and were not made without consultation of many critical authorities and versions.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayImmediately Aguinaldo had fallen captive, all kinds of extravagant and erroneous versions were current as to how it had happened.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanBut the conflicting versions of the situation, published severally by Jaramillo and Montero, sorely puzzled the natives.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThere is a possible ‘clerical’ explanation of the existence of two versions of the Lancelot tale.
The Three Days' Tournament | Jessie L. WestonThe two versions of this fable are also instances of the relative capabilities of the French and the English four-stress lines.
Aesop Dress'd | Bernard Mandeville
British Dictionary definitions for version
/ (ˈvɜːʃən, -ʒən) /
an account of a matter from a certain point of view, as contrasted with others: his version of the accident is different from the policeman's
a translation, esp of the Bible, from one language into another
a variant form of something; type
an adaptation, as of a book or play into a film
med manual turning of a fetus to correct an irregular position within the uterus
pathol an abnormal displacement of the uterus characterized by a tilting forwards (anteversion), backwards (retroversion), or to either side (lateroversion)
Origin of version
1Derived forms of version
- versional, adjective
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