version

B1 Topic:Art & Music
US /ˈvɝʒən/ UK /ˈvɜːʒn̩/
noun Freq #2915

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A particular form of something that differs from other forms of the same thing.

    This is the latest version of the software.

  2. 2
    noun

    One person's account or description of an event from their point of view.

    Her version of the argument was very different from his.

  3. 3
    noun

    A piece of music, art, or writing reworked into a new form.

    The band recorded an acoustic version of the song.

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Word family
Forms versionedversioningversions
Derived forms e-versionminiversionmultiversionsubversion
Related forms abversionadversionanimadversionaversioncontraversioncontroversionconversiondiversioneversionfurversioninterversioninversion

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French version, from Medieval Latin versiō, from Latin vertō (“to turn”). Used in English since 16th century.

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