version — ozdic

Collocations

19

2

(noun.) play, film, book, piece of writing, etc.

ADJ

draft, rough

I showed my teacher the draft version of my book report before submitting the final one.

abridged, condensed, short, simplified | unabridged, unsimplified | expanded

authorized, official

The authorized version of the software update is now available for download.

unauthorized, unofficial | hardback, paperback | CD-ROM, electronic, interactive | French, French-language, etc.

film, movie, musical, screen, stage, television

The stage version of that musical was even more entertaining than the movie we watched last week.

cover

VERB + VERSION

do

PREP

in a/the ~

My grandmother prefers to watch movies in the original version rather than dubbed versions.

3

(noun.) way sth is seen/done by sb

ADJ

accurate, faithful

full

The director's full version of the movie includes scenes that were cut from the theatrical release.

popular | extreme, radical

watered-down, weak

The movie was just a weak version of the original book that everyone loved.

VERB + VERSION

give sb

The witness gave the police his version of what happened that night.

Definitions

noun

1

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—’

An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.

2

A translation from one language to another.

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

3

A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language.

4

The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.

5

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

He gave another version of the affair.

verb

1

To keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — something a little different from others of the same type

noun — a mental representation of the meaning or significance of so

noun — a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new fo

adaptation

noun — a written communication in a second language having the same

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

‘[…] 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,

Wiktionary

02

An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados an

Wiktionary

03

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

Wiktionary

04

You must request the latest version of the software.

Tatoeba · #69193

05

We will replace the current version with the upgrade.

Tatoeba · #239556

06

I prefer the updated version of his cookbook.

Tatoeba · #260777

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, version is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.