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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
- 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
- A translation from one language to another. It's only in the King James Version of the Bible.
- A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language.
- The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
- An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account. He gave another version of the affair.
- A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.). Upgrade to the latest version for new features and bug fixes.
- A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.
- An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
noun
Similar: ver, ver., adaptation, interpretation, rendition, variant
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noun a specific form or variation of something
| Español | versión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 버전 beojeon, 판 pan |
| 日本語 | 版 ban, バージョン bājon |
| 中文 | 版本 bǎnběn |
| हिन्दी | संस्करण sanskaraṇ |
| Kiswahili | insha |
| Português | versão, variante |
| Français | version |
| Deutsch | Version, Fassung, Ausgabe |
| Italiano | versione |
| Ελληνικά | εκδοχή ekdochí |
| Română | versiune |
| Русский | ве́рсия vérsija, вариа́нт variánt |
| Tiếng Việt | phiên bản |
| العربية | رِوَايَة riwāya |
noun a translation from one language to another
| Español | versión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 버전 beojeon, 판 pan |
| 日本語 | 版 ban |
| हिन्दी | संस्करण sanskaraṇ |
| Português | versão |
| Français | version |
| Italiano | versione |
| Русский | ве́рсия vérsija, перево́д perevód |
| العربية | تَرْجَمَة tarjama |
noun an account or description from a particular point of view
| 日本語 | 版 ban |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | संस्करण sanskaraṇ |
| Português | versão |
| Français | version |
| Italiano | versione |
| Ελληνικά | εκδοχή ekdochí |
| Русский | ве́рсия vérsija |
noun computing: particular revision
| Español | versión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 버전 beojeon |
| 日本語 | バージョン bājon |
| 中文 | 版本 bǎnběn |
| हिन्दी | संस्करण sanskaraṇ |
| Kiswahili | toleo |
| Português | versão |
| Français | version |
| Deutsch | Version |
| Italiano | versione |
| Ελληνικά | έκδοση ékdosi |
| Română | versiune |
| Русский | ве́рсия vérsija |
| Tiếng Việt | phiên bản |
| العربية | إِصْدَار ʔiṣdār, نُسْخَة nusḵa |
verb to keep track of in a versioning system
| Português | versionar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | versionieren |
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