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edition

[ ih-dish-uhn ]
/ ɪˈdɪʃ ən /
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noun
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
the format in which a literary work is published: a one-volume edition of Shakespeare.
the whole number of impressions or copies of a book, newspaper, etc., printed from one set of type at one time.
a version of anything, printed or not, presented to the public: the newest edition of a popular musical revue.
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Origin of edition

1545–55; (<Middle French ) <Latin ēditiōn- (stem of ēditiō) publication, equivalent to ēdit(us) (past participle of ēdere;see edit) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM edition

pre·e·di·tion, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH edition

addition, edition

Words nearby edition

Edison effect, Edison, Thomas A., edit, Edith, Edith Cavell, edition, edition binding, editio princeps, editor, editorial, editorialize
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Words related to edition

copy, program, publication, release, version, volume, impression, imprint, number, printing, reissue, reprint

How to use edition in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for edition

edition
/ (ɪˈdɪʃən) /
noun
printing
  1. the entire number of copies of a book, newspaper, or other publication printed at one time from a single setting of type
  2. a single copy from this numbera first edition; the evening edition
one of a number of printings of a book or other publication, issued at separate times with alterations, amendments, etcCompare impression (def. 6)
  1. an issue of a work identified by its formata leather-bound edition of Shakespeare
  2. an issue of a work identified by its editor or publisherthe Oxford edition of Shakespeare
a particular instance of a television or radio programme broadcast
verb
(tr) to produce multiple copies of (an original work of art)

Word Origin for edition

C16: from Latin ēditiō a bringing forth, publishing, from ēdere to give out; see editor
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