version
part of speech
noun (a version, versions)
meaning for a pupil
1) A version is one form of something that is a little different from other forms of it: «a new version of the game». tree →
2) A version is one person's account or description of what happened: «his version of events». tree →
3) A version is a story, song or film told or made again in a different way: «a modern version of Cinderella». tree →
sense in the lessons
In computing lessons, software has versions (version 2.0), and you update to the latest version. In literacy lessons, pupils compare different versions of fairy tales or write their own version of a story. In history and in quarrels, different people give different versions of the same event — a reason to look for evidence. Phrases: «a new version», «the latest version», «his version of events», «the film version».
examples
- The new version of the app has more levels. tree →
- Tell me your version of what happened. tree →
- We read a funny version of «The Three Little Pigs». tree →
- I prefer the book to the film version. tree →
- Update to the latest version. tree →
- Each witness gave a different version. tree →
- Write your own version of the poem. tree →
- [10] There are various versions of this myth. tree →
note
Plural: versions. Countable: «a version». «Version» is not the same as «vision». When two versions of a story differ, check the facts.
In the corpora
- The bot gives the common version of a game; local rules are decided by the people who play.
- An "E" next to a song means explicit, usually swearing or adult themes; many songs have a clean version.
- Van Gogh painted his own versions of prints by the Japanese artist Hiroshige to learn from them, and that influence changed his style.
- A draft is a version of your work that you plan to improve.
- A real bite gives nobody powers, but real spiders do have amazing versions of all three.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «version» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.