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).
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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.
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a version of anything, printed or not, presented to the public: the newest edition of a popular musical revue.
Origin: 1545–55; (< MF) < L ēditiōn- (s. of ēditiō) publication, equiv. to ēdit(us) (ptp. of ēdere;see edit) + -iōn--ion
The entire number of copies of a publication issued at one time or from a single set of type.
A single copy from this group.
The form in which a publication is issued: a paperback edition of a novel; an annotated edition of Shakespeare.
A version of an earlier publication having substantial changes or additions: a newly revised edition of a standard reference work.
The entire number of like or identical items issued or produced as a set: a limited edition of early jazz recordings; a signed edition of a group of lithographs.
Any of the various or successive forms in which something is offered or presented: this year's edition of fall fashions from Paris.
All the copies of a specified issue of a newspaper: the morning edition; the Sunday edition.
A broadcast of a radio or television news program: Thursday's edition of the six o'clock news.
The entire number of like or identical items issued or produced as a set: a limited edition of early jazz recordings; a signed edition of a group of lithographs.
Any of the various or successive forms in which something is offered or presented: this year's edition of fall fashions from Paris.
One that closely resembles an original; a version: The boy was a smaller edition of his father.
[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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