VERSION
version
(noun) manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)
version, variant, variation, edition
(noun) 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”
interpretation, reading, version
(noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
adaptation, version
(noun) a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; “the play is an adaptation of a short novel”
translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version
(noun) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
version
(noun) an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; “his version of the fight was different from mine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
version (countable and uncountable, plural versions)
A specific form or variation of something.
A translation from one language to another.
(education, archaic) A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language.
(obsolete) 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.
(computing) A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).
(medicine) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.
(ophthalmology) An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
(obsolete or medicine) A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion.
Synonyms
• ver, ver. (abbreviations)
Verb
version (third-person singular simple present versions, present participle versioning, simple past and past participle versioned)
(transitive, computing) To keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system.
Anagrams
• Iverson, enviros, renvois
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"sion, n. Etym: [F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change,
to translate. See Verse.]
1. A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation;
conversion; turning.
The version of air into water. Bacon.
2. (Med.)
Definition: 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. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into
another language.
4. 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. An account or description from a particular point of view,
especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another
version of the affair.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition