• Version

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)Ê’É™n/ or IPA: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)ʃən/
    • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)Ê’É™n

    Origin

    From Middle French version, from Medieval Latin versiō ("a turning"), from Latin vertō ("to turn"). Used in English since 16th century.

    Full definition of version

    Noun

    version

    (plural versions)
    1. A specific form or variation of something.
      • 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 3, ‘… 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 gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’
      • 2013-03, Frank Fish, George Lauder, Not Just Going with the Flow, An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
    2. A translation from one language to another.
      It's only in the King James Version of the Bible.
    3. (obsolete) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
    4. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.
      He gave another version of the affair.
    5. (computing) A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).
      Upgrade to the latest version for new features and bug fixes.
    6. (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.
    7. (ophthalmology) An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
    8. (obsolete or medicine) A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion.
      • Francis BaconThe version of air into water.
    9. External cephalic version is a process by which a breech baby can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first.

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    Verb

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

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