Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - version

~ n 1 a copy of something that has been changed slightly so that it is different from the thing being copied + of  (The dress is a cheaper version of one seen at the Paris fashion shows.) old/first/later etc version of  (This is a sophisticated version of the old tripod camera.) 2 a description of an event given by one person, especially when it is compared with someone else's description of the same thing + of  (The two newspapers gave different versions of what happened.) 3 a play, film, piece of music etc that is slightly different from the book, piece of music etc on which it is based + of  (an abridged version of the play) 4 an English/Japanese/Spanish version an English etc translation of a book, poem, or other piece of writing + of  (an English version of a German play)