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VERSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something a little different from others of the same type
Example:
the boy is a younger edition of his father
Synonyms:
edition; variant; variation; version
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("version" is a kind of...):
type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
Synonyms:
interpretation; reading; version
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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))
Sense 4
Meaning:
A written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
Example:
the play is an adaptation of a short novel
Synonyms:
adaptation; version
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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))
Sense 5
Meaning:
A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
Synonyms:
interlingual rendition; rendering; translation; version
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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"):
mistranslation (an incorrect translation)
crib; pony; trot (a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly))
retroversion (translation back into the original language)
caption; subtitle (translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen)
supertitle; surtitle (translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage)
Sense 6
Meaning:
An interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
Example:
his version of the fight was different from mine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb version
Context examples:
A person who inherits an altered version of the BRCA2 gene has a higher risk of getting breast, ovarian, or prostate cancer.
(BRCA2 Gene, NCI Dictionary)
A question associated with the PI version 1 questionnaire.
(PI Questionnaire Question, NCI Thesaurus)
The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative's (ADNI) version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT Version A).
(Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
The book was an ordinary version book and contained little but a series of dates.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A modified version of the NHL-BFM 90 regimen, employing a different methotrexate dosing schedule, used for the treatment of localized aggressive forms of childhood B-cell lymphoma, including lymphoblastic lymphoma.
(NHL-BFM-95 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
One day, researchers may be able to translate a version of the nematode control model to the human brain.
(Fundamental Rules for How The Brain Controls Movement, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
348 years after the initial event was observed, the remains of this explosive stellar merger have led to the clear and convincing signature of a radioactive version of aluminum, known as aluminium-26.
(Stellar Corpse Reveals Origin of Radioactive Molecules, ESO)
The normal version of the gene that is defective in AT appears to activate the p53-dependent response to DNA damage.
(Ataxia Telangiectasia Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the CDISC version of the alzheimer's disease assessment scale-cognitive (ADAS-Cog) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).
(CDISC Questionnaire ADAS-Cog CDISC Version Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the CDISC version of the alzheimer's disease assessment scale-cognitive (ADAS-Cog) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).
(CDISC Questionnaire ADAS-Cog CDISC Version Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
