version

Syllables: ver·sionUK/ˈvɜːʒn̩//ˈvɝʒən/

version noun: a specific form or variation of something.

Noun

version (countable and uncountable, plural versions)

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...1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- 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.2013 March, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 01 May 2013, page 114
A translation from one language to another.
- It's only in the King James Version of the Bible.
(archaic) A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language.
(obsolete) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.
- He gave another version of the affair.
A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).
- Upgrade to the latest version for new features and bug fixes.
A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.
An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
(obsolete) A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion.
- External cephalic version is a process by which a breech baby can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first.
- The version of air into water.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
An instrumental in sound system culture.
- Out of sound system culture came the instrumental “version” (ubiquitous in late 1960s Jamaica)[…]2014, Richard James Burgess, The History of Music Production, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 168

Verb

version (third-person singular simple present versions, present participle versioning, simple past and past participle versioned)

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

version meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

version in Hindi

a specific form or variation of something: संस्करण sanskaraṇ
a translation from one language to another: संस्करण sanskaraṇ
an account or description from a particular point of view: संस्करण sanskaraṇ
computing: particular revision: संस्करण sanskaraṇ

version in Tamil

பதிப்பு, விருத்து, கூற்று, மொழிவு, வடிவம்

version in Marathi

आवृत्ती

version in Urdu

a specific form or variation of something: نسخہ nusxa

More languagesFewer languages

version in Bengali: সংস্করণ śoṅskoron, অনুবাদ onubad
version in Telugu: వెర్షన్
version in Malayalam: പതിപ്പ് patippŭ
version in Kannada: ನುಡಿಮಾರ‍್ಪು, ಒಂದು ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ, ಆವೃತ್ತಿ, ರೂಪಾಂತರ
version in Punjabi: ਸੰਸਕਰਣ, ਵਰਜਨ, ਵਰਜ਼ਨ
version in Gujarati: આવૃત્તિ, સંસ્કરણ, વર્ઝન
version in Odia: ସଂସ୍କରଣ
version in Nepali: संस्करण
version in Arabic: رِوَايَة riwāya, تَرْجَمَة tarjama, إِصْدَار ʔiṣdār, نُسْخَة nusḵa
version in Malay: versi
version in Indonesian: versi
version in Persian: نسخه nosxe, روایت revâyat, نشراک
version in Thai: ชุด chút, เวอร์ชัน
version in Vietnamese: phiên bản

Examples of version in a sentence

The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever.
We’re narrowing the distance between the two versions of the bill.
That's the TL;DR, anyway. You can find a more detailed version under the cut.

All 40 example sentences with version

Synonyms of version

All synonyms of version

Forms of version

Noun
plural	versions
Verb
third-person singular present	versions
present participle	versioning
past participle	versioned
past	versioned

Plural of version: versions

Origin of version

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

Phrases with version

Words that rhyme with version

1 more rhymesFewer rhymes

ventroversion

Questions about version

What does version mean?: Version means a specific form or variation of something.
What is version in Hindi?: Version in Hindi is संस्करण (sanskaraṇ). See Version meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is version?: Version can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce version?: Version is pronounced /ˈvɜːʒn̩/ (UK).
What is the plural of version?: The plural of version is versions.

Words near version in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: version (page history and authors); version (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); version (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); version (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); version (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); version (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); version (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); version (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); version (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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