Version
['vɜːʃ(ə)n] or ['vɝʒn]
Definition
(noun.) manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery).
(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'.
(noun.) an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; 'his version of the fight was different from mine'.
Editor: Yvonne--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.
(n.) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion.
(n.) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
(n.) 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.
(n.) An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Translation, rendering, interpretation, reading, lection.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rendering, statement, account,[See FALSEHOOD]
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Examples
- Upon this compulsion, Mr. Godfrey made an effort, and came out with a new and amended version of the affair, to the following effect. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Macedonian phalanx was merely a more solid version of the Theban phalanx. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The original recited version of the _Iliad_ was older than that of the _Odyssey_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Do we not shun the street version of a fine melody? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You see I never thought of preparing a version in advance as Bertha did--and if I had, I don't think I should take the trouble to use it now. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The socialist movement of the nineteenth century was only one version of that continuing revolt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I should think the latest version must be, that I plotted with Raffles to murder Bulstrode, and ran away from Middlemarch for the purpose. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- HTML version by Al Haines. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Dinah gave a very garrulous version of it, to which Tom added the particulars which he had drawn from her that morning. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ah, is that George's version? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- What I am going to tell is only another version of the legend of Cadmus; but our unbelieving generation will be slow to accept such a story. Plato. The Republic.
- None of the exuberant versions of things Edison has not done could endure for a moment with the simple narrative of what he has really done as the world's new Purveyor of Pleasure. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Ah, to be sure; one of your damned new versions of old humbug, said Mr. Hawley, passing the decanter to Mr. Wrench. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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