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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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Word Origin & History
edition
1550s, "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 1560s. "It is awkward to speak
EXPANDof, 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].
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