Online English Dictionary

1. an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"

2. something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"

3. a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"

4. a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

5. a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

6. manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)

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