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version

  • /ˈvɜːʒn̩/ UK
  • /ˈvɜːʃn̩/ UK
  • /ˈvɝʒən/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French version, from Medieval Latin versiō, from Latin vertō (“to turn”). Used in English since 16th century.

noun versions

  1. countable, uncountable A specific form or variation of something. ‘[…] 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 ga
  2. countable, uncountable A translation from one language to another. It's only in the King James Version of the Bible.
  3. archaic, countable, uncountable A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language.
  4. countable, obsolete, uncountable The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
  5. countable, uncountable An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account. He gave another version of the affair.
  6. countable, uncountable A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.). Upgrade to the latest version for new features and bug fixes.
  7. countable, uncountable A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.
  8. countable, uncountable An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
  9. countable, obsolete, uncountable A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion. External cephalic version is a process by which a breech baby can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first.
  10. countable, uncountable An instrumental in sound system culture. Out of sound system culture came the instrumental “version” (ubiquitous in late 1960s Jamaica)[…]

Similar: ver, ver., adaptation, interpretation, rendition, variant

verb versions · versioning · versioned

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: interpretation, variation, translation, reading, variant, adaptation, rendering, interlingual rendition, printable, copy, form, update, formulation, layout, read, transcript

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noun a specific form or variation of something

Españolversión
한국어버전 beojeon, 판 pan
日本語版 ban, バージョン bājon
中文版本 bǎnběn
हिन्दीसंस्करण sanskaraṇ
Kiswahiliinsha
Portuguêsversão, variante
Françaisversion
DeutschVersion, Fassung, Ausgabe
Italianoversione
Ελληνικάεκδοχή ekdochí
Românăversiune
Русскийве́рсия vérsija, вариа́нт variánt
Tiếng Việtphiên bản
العربيةرِوَايَة riwāya

noun a translation from one language to another

Españolversión
한국어버전 beojeon, 판 pan
日本語版 ban
हिन्दीसंस्करण sanskaraṇ
Portuguêsversão
Françaisversion
Italianoversione
Русскийве́рсия vérsija, перево́д perevód
العربيةتَرْجَمَة tarjama

noun an account or description from a particular point of view

日本語版 ban
हिन्दीसंस्करण sanskaraṇ
Portuguêsversão
Françaisversion
Italianoversione
Ελληνικάεκδοχή ekdochí
Русскийве́рсия vérsija

noun computing: particular revision

Españolversión
한국어버전 beojeon
日本語バージョン bājon
中文版本 bǎnběn
हिन्दीसंस्करण sanskaraṇ
Kiswahilitoleo
Portuguêsversão
Françaisversion
DeutschVersion
Italianoversione
Ελληνικάέκδοση ékdosi
Românăversiune
Русскийве́рсия vérsija
Tiếng Việtphiên bản
العربيةإِصْدَار ʔiṣdār, نُسْخَة nusḵa

verb to keep track of in a versioning system

Portuguêsversionar
Deutschversionieren

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version. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/version

Chicago

"version." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/version.

BibTeX
@misc{version_2026,
  title = {version},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/version},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}