Dictionary entry details
• VERSION (noun)
Meaning:
An interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
his version of the fight was different from mine
Hypernyms ("version" is a kind of...):
interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "version"):
approximation (an imprecise or incomplete account)
Meaning:
Something a little different from others of the same type
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
version; edition; variant; variation
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("version" is a kind of...):
type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)
Meaning:
A written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
adaptation; version
Context example:
the play is an adaptation of a short novel
Hypernyms ("version" is a kind of...):
piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "version"):
modernization (a modernized version (as of a play))
versification (a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text))
Meaning:
A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
interlingual rendition; translation; rendering; version
Hypernyms ("version" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "version"):
supertitle; surtitle (translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage)
caption; subtitle (translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen)
retroversion (translation back into the original language)
crib; pony; trot (a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly))
mistranslation (an incorrect translation)
Meaning:
A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
interpretation; version; reading
Hypernyms ("version" is a kind of...):
internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "version"):
reinterpretation (a new or different meaning)
anagoge (a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture))
Meaning:
Manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("version" is a kind of...):
turn; turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)
