versionn.
/ˈvəːʃn/, /ˈvəːʒn/, U.S. /ˈvərʒən/, /ˈvərʃən/ 1.
a. A rendering of some text or work, or of a single word, passage, etc., from one language into another; a translation; also (rarely), the action or process of translating.Frequently with adjectives denoting the language into which the translation is made.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > instance of
drawingc1300
translationa1382
translate?1518
traductiona1533
version1582
conversion1586
metaphrase1594
rendering1637
traduct1647
upset1828
1582 in Bible (Rheims) Pref. b ij Trusting that it may giue occasion to you..to lay away at lest such their impure versions as hitherto you haue ben forced to occupie.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 435 I vtterly seclude al their opinions, which translate this word Arabian wolues, for the Hæbrew notes cannot admit such a version or exposition.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 117 Things translated into another tongue loose of their primitive life lines and strength unlesse a paraphrasticall version be permitted.
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants Pref. sig. A4 The Second Lecture..is also translated into French, by Mons. Mesmin..whose Version is very well approved by those who are competent Judges.
1709 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions Pref. p. xxiv His excellent Version of the Carmen Seculare.
1794 E. Burke Pref. to Brissot's Addr. Constituents in Wks. (1808) VII. 327 The translator has only to say for himself, that he has found some difficulty in this version.
a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 195 None of our better versions have been able to preserve the original graces of these verses [of Ps. xviii].
1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. iii. vi. 293 Such of those literal versions as we possess in English (which are mostly from the ‘Rámáyana’).
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §1. 448 The English version of the Bible remains the noblest example of the English tongue.
b. Scottish. A translation from English into Latin prose done as a school or university exercise; a piece of English prose set for translation into Latin.
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society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > exercises or homework
lesson?c1225
renderc1380
vulgars1520
practicec1541
theme1545
example1562
tax1564
repetition1579
exercise1612
praxis1612
recreation1633
pensum1667
vacation-exercisea1668
version1711
task1737
thesisa1774
dictation1789
challenging1825
holiday task1827
devoir1849
homework1852
vulgus1857
cram-book1858
rep1858
banco1862
prep1866
classwork1867
preparation1875
work card1878
vacation-task1904
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > used at school
Latinc1500
version1711
pony1827
crib1828
paving1877
trot1924
1711 Burgh Rec. Aberdeen (1872) II. 345 Ther proficiency in themms, versions, poeticall composurs, and orations.
c1850 Hurry in W. Walker Bards of Bon-accord (1886) 629 When we our versions wrote, nae Lexicon had we To help us.
2.
a. The particular form of a statement, account, report, etc., given by one person or party; an account resting upon limited authority or embodying a particular point of view.
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society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report > particular form
storya1616
version1788
minority report1833
1788 in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1861) II. 93 The version which we received here respecting the famous Scarborough cruise.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 214 The Whig version of the story was that the old robber Mac Ian had laid an ambuscade for the soldiers... The Jacobite version..appeared in the Paris Gazette of the seventh of April.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xi. 140 The version generally received of what he actually did say.
1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) II. 154 Sir Roger sends his version of the reconciliation between Monk and the City.
b. A special form or variant of something.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a variety or particular form
form1543
edition1598
variety1617
mode1661
version1835
variation1863
phylum1945
1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism viii. 345 To see Christianity freed from the bonds of every peculiar version.
1858 D. Masson Life Milton (1859) I. 679 In the cause of true religion, or of the Scottish version of it.
1908 H. Maxwell Guide Holyrood 20 This painting is a larger version of one at Windsor Castle.
a. A turning about; a change of direction. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun]
wentc1374
turning1426
turnagain1545
wrench1549
yaw1597
veer1611
veering1611
version1625
wheelinga1660
sway1818
whiffle1842
twizzle1848
split-turn1932
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 332 What Kinde of Comet, for Magnitude, Colour, Version of the Beames,..or Lasting, produceth what Kinde of Effects.
1706 W. Congreve Pindarique Ode on Her Majesty's Arms Disc. sig. Ajv The first was call'd the Strophé, from the Version or circular Motion of the Singers in that Stanza from the Right Hand to the Left.
b. Obstetrics. The operation of manually turning the child so as to facilitate delivery.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on sex organs > operations on female sex organs > obstetrical operations
Caesarean birth1661
hysterotomy1707
embryotomy1765
embryoctony1788
omphalotomy1828
cephalotomy1836
synchondrotomy1842
symphysiotomy1846
pelviotomy1847
version1853
gastro-hysterotomy1854
craniotomy1855
cranioclasm1860
pubiotomy1865
cephalotripsy1876
episiotomy1878
cleidotomy1901
Caesarean1923
Caesar1952
C-section1960
section1960
vacuum extraction1961
1853 J. Y. Simpson Obstetr. Pathol. & Pract. 17 I now found an obstruction to the complete version of the infant.
1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VII. 628/2 The term version is applied to all operations by which the long axis of the child is changed in its relation to the long axis of the uterus.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun]
overchangingc1384
transmutation1398
permutationa1425
transforming1435
resolutiona1450
translating1503
resolvinga1513
conversion1549
transposing1550
conversationa1570
transmuting1579
projection?1583
transmigration1618
version1626
transversion1656
transmogrification1661
converting1711
metamorphosing1730
metastasis1818
turn-over1825
interconversion1865
transnaturation1873
transmorphism1888
segue1945
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §27 Springs, which the Ancients thought..to be made by the Version of Aire into Water.
1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis: Magn. Nat. g iij Version of bodies into other Bodies.
1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 407 As to the version of Water into Earth, by a seemingly slight Operation.
Derivatives
ˈversion v. (transitive) to translate.
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?1715 M. Davies Present & Primitive State Arianism 19 Biddle's brief Scripture-Catechism was caus'd to be version'd into Latin.
1884 Advance (Chicago) 3 Jan. At the time the Scriptures had been versioned into the King James version.
ˈversional adj. pertaining to a version or translation.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [adjective]
translative1657
metaphrastic1778
translationalc1815
versional1871
1871 Independent (N.Y.) 23 Mar. All the suggestions for emendations [of the Bible], whether textual or versional.
1910 Expositor Nov. 409 The versional variants rest on divergent Hebrew texts.
ˈversioner n. = versionist n.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > one who translates
remenoura1382
translatora1382
interpreterc1384
turnera1387
reducerc1530
metaphrast1610
linguist1612
traducer1631
traductor1679
versionist1782
versionera1806
a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 201 Our versioner, by adding an s to it, has rendered them both plurals.
ˈversionist n. one who produces a version; a translator.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > one who translates
remenoura1382
translatora1382
interpreterc1384
turnera1387
reducerc1530
metaphrast1610
linguist1612
traducer1631
traductor1679
versionist1782
versionera1806
1782 J. Elphinston in tr. Martial Epigrams Pref. p. iv His [sc. Martial's] Editor and Versionist.
1811 R. Dixon Interpr. Sixty-eighth Ps. 46 (note) All the ancient versionists seem to have thought, that the valley in this verse received its name [etc.].
1861 I. Taylor Spirit Hebr. Poetry 338 Serviceable as Jewish versionists..are, it was not their function to concern themselves with the soul..of the national literature.
ˈversionize v. (transitive) to render into another tongue, to translate.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (transitive)]
setc888
wendeOE
turnc1175
writec1275
drawa1325
translatea1375
expound1377
takea1382
interpret1382
transpose1390
remue?a1400
renderc1400
put?a1425
to draw outa1450
reducec1450
compile1483
redige?1517
make1529
traducea1533
traduct1534
converta1538
do1561
to set out1597
transcribe1639
throw1652
metaphrase1868
versionize1874
1874 H. Coppée Eng. Lit. (ed. 3) 52 Wace's poem..was soon again..to be versionized into English.
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version v. (transitive) to make different versions of; to create a new version of.
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1949 Lima (Ohio) News 8 May 33/1 (advt.) Versioned two ways to leave the open vs. closed issue up to you, with a flash of open toe and heel or all enclosed.
1988 Marketing (Nexis) 3 Nov. Ideas are sourced from the US and ‘versioned’ in each country.
2001 Wire June 16/3 Austrian glitchmeister Christian Fennesz has versioned another laptop tribute to the close-harmony heroes.
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