definitive version

collocation in English

meaningsofdefinitiveandversion

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definitive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈfɪn.ɪ.tɪv/us
/dɪˈfɪn.ə.t̬ɪv/
not able to be changed ...
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version
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvɜː.ʃən/uk
/ˈvɜː.ʒən/us
/ˈvɝː.ʒən/
a particular form of something that is slightly different from other forms of the ...
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(Definition ofdefinitiveandversionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Where there is a difference between the disk and the hard copy, the hard copy will always be thedefinitiveversion.
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Documenting the durability, instrumentality, and popular appeal of myth can be as useful an exercise as attempting to provide adefinitiveversionof events.
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Bruce gave slightly altered renditions of his routines with each new performance, making it nearly impossible to nail down adefinitiveversion.
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When thedefinitiveversionis produced, an impact assessment will be published along with the regulations.
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I am not certain that we have thedefinitiveversionbefore us.
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However, there is nodefinitiveversionof that arrangement and no draft of the amendment is available.
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I do not see how a moral audit in which the circumstances could be brought out and expanded, to produce adefinitiveversionof events, could ever be workable.
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Production of thedefinitiveversionbegan at a slow rate in 1985.
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Of the many film adaptations, this is considered by many to be thedefinitiveversion.
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This edition is, therefore, the firstdefinitiveversionof the book.
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It is generally considered thedefinitiveversionof the album.
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Thedefinitiveversionof the first book was published in 1911.
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It is considered by some fans as thedefinitiveversionof the song.
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This twelve-minute rendition is considered by many to be thedefinitiveversion.
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Some blues critics consider this to be thedefinitiveversionof the song.
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The lyrics of the song exist in many variations, so it is not easy to quote from adefinitiveversion.
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Bizet was never fully satisfied with it, subjecting it to a number of revisions, but died before finishing hisdefinitiveversion.
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Everybody just assumed mine was a demo for people to listen to who'd then cut thedefinitiveversion.
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He considers this release to be the best version of the game, but not necessarily thedefinitiveversion.
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