What does version mean?

Definitions for version
ˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃənver·sion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. versionnoun

    an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint

    "his version of the fight was different from mine"

  2. version, variant, variation, editionnoun

    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"

  3. adaptation, versionnoun

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

    "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"

  4. translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, versionnoun

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

  5. interpretation, reading, versionnoun

    a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

  6. versionnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. versionnoun

    A specific form or variation of something.

  2. versionnoun

    A translation from one language to another.

    It's in the King James Version only.

  3. versionnoun

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

    He gave another version of the affair.

  4. versionnoun

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

  5. versionnoun

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

  6. versionnoun

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

  7. Etymology: From version, from versio, from verto. Used in English since 16th century.

ChatGPT

  1. version

    A version refers to a specific form or variation of something that is different in certain respects from an earlier form or other forms of the same type of thing. It could refer to a revised edition or adaptation of a book, piece of software, product model, or any other item that undergoes modification or update.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Versionnoun

    a change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning

  2. Versionnoun

    a condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion

  3. Versionnoun

    the act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language

  4. Versionnoun

    a translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common, or Authorized, Version of the Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament

  5. Versionnoun

    an account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair

  6. Etymology: [F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse.]

Editors Contribution

  1. version

    To give a systematic or sequenced number to a form of software or document in a document management system or quality management system.

    The version of the document is managed within the quality management system easily and efficiently.


    Submitted by MaryC on July 4, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'version' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1236

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'version' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2411

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'version' in Nouns Frequency: #421

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of version in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of version in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of version in a Sentence

  1. David Johns:

    So much of what the policies are designed to do and the language more specifically … is to tell people that they don’t matter, that their contributions, their history, their ways of attempting to strengthen democracy do not matter and should not have a place in the version of America that they are now naming as classical.

  2. Amos Tversky:

    Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts fall for.

  3. Luke Herrine:

    The ball goes back to the Biden administration, the administration could implement some other version of this installation under a different legal authority, but that may well generate its own litigation and we end up in the same place.

  4. Michael Pachter:

    People who want to trade in games will buy the more expensive PS5 and will continue to buy discs, so long as there is a version with a disc drive, there will still be discs and GameStop will continue to sell them.

  5. Natalie Portman:

    I do obviously love this country and I am also quite critical of it, as I think every engaged citizen should be, i believe in this country and I believe in the people - that it can be the best version of itself.

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