/ˈvɜːʃən/
Translation
One form of something that is a little different from other forms of the same thing.
Word origin
From Latin vertere, meaning to turn; a version is the same thing turned into a new form.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- vertere
- English cognates
- convert, reverse
Examples
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A new version is the same thing after it has been changed or improved.
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The film version is the story told as a film instead of a book.
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Each version is one person's way of telling the same events.
Used in
Grammar articles
(20)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
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