version Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
    • his version of the fight was different from mine
  2. noun something a little different from others of the same type
    edition; variant; variation.
    • 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
  3. noun a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
    adaptation.
    • the play is an adaptation of a short novel
  4. noun a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
    rendering; translation; interlingual rendition.
  5. noun a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
    reading; interpretation.
  6. noun manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)

WordNet

Ver"sion noun
Etymology
F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse.
Definitions
  1. A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.
    The version of air into water. Bacon.
  2. (Med.) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion.
  3. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
  4. 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.
  5. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair.

Webster 1913