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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1582|origins=la vertere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈvɜː.ʃən/, /-ʒən/, US /ˈvɝː.ʒən/, /-ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|version]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000) from [[la-med|versiō|t=a turning; a translation]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000)^(MWU 2024) from versus, the past participle of [[la|vertere|t=to turn; to translate]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000)^(Klein 1966) from [[ine-pro|*wer-|t=to turn, bend]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) Middle English had versioun in the sense “destruction” in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A translation of a text or work: 1582^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) or the 1580s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Scotland a translation from English into Latin prose as a school exercise is a ''version'' from 1711.^(OED 1989) A particular form of a statement or account, as given by one person, is from 1788.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A special form or variant of something is from 1835.^(OED 1989) An obsolete sense “a turning about, change of direction” is from 1625,^(OED 1989) and in obstetrics, the turning of a baby to ease delivery from 1853.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * early 15th century – ''versioun'', destruction.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1582 – a translation.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1625 – a turning about.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1788 – an account from one point of view.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1835 – a variant form.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1853 – obstetric version.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A particular form or variant of something: ''a new version of the software''.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # An account from a particular point of view.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A [[translation]], especially of the Bible.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(medicine)'' The turning of a [[fetus]] in the womb to ease delivery.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[versional]]

+ * [[cardioversion]]

+ * [[subversion]]

+ * [[cover version]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eversion]]

+ * [[animadversion]]

+ * [[diversion]]

+ * [[conversion]]

+ * [[aversion]]

+ * [[reversion]]

+ * [[obversion]]

+ * [[perversion]]

+ * [[inversion]]

+ * [[verse]]

+ * [[convert]]

+ * [[vertex]]

+ * [[vertical]]

+ * [[reverse]]

+ * [[worth]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}