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   version

   /ˈvəːʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a particular form of something differing in certain respects from an earlier form or other forms of the same type of thing: "a revised version of the paper was produced for a later meeting" Similar sortkindtypevarietygenreclasscategorystyleformbrandmakemodeldesign
   • ▪ a particular edition or translation of a book or other work: "the English version will be published next year" Similar editiontranslationadaptationrenderinginterpretationvariantvariationformcopyreproductionimpressionissuereleaseinstalmentrevision
   • ▪ an adaptation of a novel, piece of music, etc. into another medium or style: "a film version of a wonderfully funny cult novel"
   • ▪ a particular release of a piece of computer software.
   • 2. an account of a matter from a particular person's point of view: "he told her his version of events" Similar reportstatementdescriptionrecordaccountstorytalehistorychroniclenarrativenarrationrenditionrenderinginterpretationexplanationconstructionconstrualanalysisunderstandingreadingimpressionsideviewinformal:take (on)
   • 3. the manual turning of a fetus in the uterus to make delivery easier.

   verb

   • 1. create a new version of: "the English curriculum would then be versioned for Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘translation’): from French, or from medieval Latin versio(n-), from Latin vertere ‘to turn’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. versional adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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