version

(vûr'zhən, -shən)
n.

1. A description or account from one point of view, especially as opposed to another: Your version of the accident differs from mine.
2. 1. A translation from another language.
   2. often Version A translation of the entire Bible or a part of it.
3. A particular form or variation of an earlier or original type: downloaded the latest version of the software from the Internet.
4. An adaptation of a work of art or literature into another medium or style: the film version of a famous novel.
5. Medicine.
   1. Manipulation of a fetus in the uterus to bring it into a desirable position for delivery.
   2. Deflection of an organ, such as the uterus, from its normal position.

[French, from Old French, act of turning, from Medieval Latin versiō, versiōn-, from Latin versus, past participle of vertere, to turn.]

versional ver'sion·al adj.

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A specific edition or release of a software package. Sometimes the term "release" is used in combination; for example: "Server Version, Release 3.5."

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noun

1. A recounting of past events: account, chronicle, description, history, narration, narrative, report, statement, story. See words.
2. A restating of something in other, especially simpler, words: paraphrase, rendering, restatement, translation. See words.
3. One that is slightly different from others of the same kind or designation: variant, variation, variety. See same/different/compare.

IN BRIEF: A description from one person's point of view. Also: A particular form of something.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821).

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The act of turning; especially the manual turning of the fetus in delivery.

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• Books and Pages - version: edited, annotated, abridged, expanded, or revised form of previously published work; redaction

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - version, udgave, oversættelse, gengivelse, fremstilling, udformning

Nederlands (Dutch)
vertaling, versie, lezing, kanteling van orgaan (m.n. baarmoeder), draaien van de embryo

Français (French)
n. - version

Deutsch (German)
n. - Modell, Übersetzung, Version, Fassung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόδοση, ερμηνεία ή παρουσίαση από ορισμένη σκοπιά, έκδοση, εκδοχή, άποψη, μετάφραση, παραλλαγή (προτύπου), διασκευή

Italiano (Italian)
versione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - versão (f) (Lit.) (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
версия, вариант текста, переложение, аранжировка

Español (Spanish)
n. - versión, traducción directa, interpretación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - version, modell, översättning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
版本, 翻译

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 版本, 翻譯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 번역, 변형, 견해

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 翻訳, 脚色, 編曲, 傾斜, 回転, 説明, 見解

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ترجمه, نقل الاحداث, نص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גירסה, מהדורה, נוסח, תרגום, תרגום התנ"ך, הפיכה ידנית של העובר ברחם כדי להביאו למצב נוח יותר לקראת הלידה‬

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