1
a
: an account or description from a particular point of view especially as contrasted with another account
b
: an adaptation of a literary work
the movie version of the novel
c
: an arrangement of a musical composition
2
: a form or variant of a type or original
an experimental version of the airplane
3
: a translation from another language
especially
: a translation of the Bible or a part of it
4
a
: a condition in which an organ and especially the uterus is turned from its normal position
b
: manual turning of a fetus in the uterus to aid delivery
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Let me tell you my version of what happened.
We heard two different versions of the story.
A new version of the word processing program should be available soon.
I have an older version of the software.
This new design is better than the first version.
A film version of the novel is being made.
the King James Version of the Bible
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Anyone following the rhetoric around artificial intelligence in recent years has heard one version or another of the claim that AI is inevitable.
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Of course, Putin’s version of such values means overt hostility to gays, women’s rights, and dark-skinned Russians.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
Because of this, the DC stable of characters is a more immediately elastic one — and the best shows here run with that, creating their own version of DC superheroes that wink at the canon, and fans who know it.
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“Version.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/version. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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version
noun
ver·sion
ˈvər-zhən 
1
: a translation especially of the Bible
the Douay version
the King James version
2
: an account or description from one point of view
your version of what happened
3
: a form or variant of a type or original
an experimental version of the car
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