version

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something a little different from others of the same type

   It was the experimental version of the night fighter.

2. 2
   noun

   a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

   My version of it was that you wanted to get out.

3. 3
   noun

   an artistic work that has been recast in a new form

   We made a new version of Star Trek in 3D.

4. 4
   noun

   a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

   I handed out the French version of The God Delusion to the villagers.

5. 5
   noun

   an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint

   Their version of the fight was different from mine.

6. 6
   noun

   A specific form or variation of something.

   ‘[…] 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—’

7. 7
   noun

   A translation from one language to another.

   It's only in the King James Version of the Bible.

8. 8
   noun

   An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.

   He gave another version of the affair.

Etymology

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