an account of a matter from a certain point of view, as contrasted with others: his version of the accident is different from the police officer's a translation, esp of the Bible, from one language into another a variant form of something; type an adaptation, as of a book or play into a film manual turning of a fetus to correct an irregular position within the uterus
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ver•sion /ˈvɜrʒən, -ʃən/USA pronunciation
n.
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- a particular account or telling of some matter or event, esp. as contrasted with some other account:There were two different versions of the accident.
- a particular variant of something:an updated version of a computer program.
- Biblea translation, as of the Bible.
ver•sion
(vûr′zhən, -shən),USA pronunciation n.
ver′sion•al, adj.
- a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:two different versions of the accident.
- a particular form or variant of something:a modern version of an antique.
- Biblea translation.
- (often cap.) a translation of the Bible or a part of it.
- Medicinethe act of turning a child in the uterus so as to bring it into a more favorable position for delivery.
- Pathologyan abnormal direction of the axis of the uterus or other organ.
- Latin versiōn- (stem of versiō) a turning, equivalent. to vers(us) (past participle of vertere to turn; see verse) + -iōn- -ion
- 1575–85
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged story, impression.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See translation.
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