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e⋅di⋅tion
[i-dish-uh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | 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 ). |
| 2. | the format in which a literary work is published: a one-volume edition of Shakespeare. |
| 3. | the whole number of impressions or copies of a book, newspaper, etc., printed from one set of type at one time. |
| 4. | a version of anything, printed or not, presented to the public: the newest edition of a popular musical revue. |
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| e·di·tion (ĭ-dĭsh'ən) n.
[Middle English edicion, version, translation, from Latin ēditiō, ēditiōn-, publication, production, from ēditus, past participle of ēdere, to publish, produce; see edit.] |
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Edition
E*di"tion\, n. [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. ['e]dition. See Edit.]1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare. 2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
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Language Translation for : edition
Spanish:
edición,
German:
die Auflage, die Ausgabe,
Japanese:
版
edition
1551, "act of publishing," from L. editionem (nom. editio) "a bringing forth, producing," from stem of edere "bring forth, produce," from ex- "out" + -dere, comb. form of dare "to give" (see date (1)). Meaning "form of a literary work" is from 1570. "It is awkward to speak of, e.g. 'The second edition of Campbell's edition of Plato's "Theætetus"'; but existing usage affords no satisfactory substitute for this inconvenient mode of expression" [OED]. Edit is 1791, probably as a back-formation of editor (1649), which, from its original meaning "publisher" had evolved by 1712 a sense of "person who prepares written matter for publication;" specific sense in newspapers is from 1803. Editorial "newspaper article by an editor" is Amer.Eng. 1830. Hence, editorialize (1856), "introduce opinions into factual accounts."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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