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edition

[ ih-dish-uhn ]

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. ( 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.



edition

/ ɪˈdɪʃən /

noun

  1. 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 number

      a first edition

      the evening edition

  2. one of a number of printings of a book or other publication, issued at separate times with alterations, amendments, etc Compare impression
    1. an issue of a work identified by its format

      a leather-bound edition of Shakespeare

    2. an issue of a work identified by its editor or publisher

      the Oxford edition of Shakespeare

  3. a particular instance of a television or radio programme broadcast


verb

  1. tr to produce multiple copies of (an original work of art)

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Other Words From

  • pree·dition noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of edition1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of edition1

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

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Example Sentences

Of the 4,500 recipes in the updated “Joy,” only 50 were unchanged from the earlier edition.

Michelle Obama is releasing a new edition of her best-selling 2018 memoir Becoming, geared toward young readers.

From Time

The arrival will also be joined by a self-charging “Enterprise” edition of the robot and the already announced Spot Arm.

To start out, FOS Essentials will use the FOS daily newsletter amplification to get in front of prospective students and Pepsi will be sponsoring some editions of that as well.

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Great British Bake Off will launch a celebrity edition with James McAvoy and others, and I am HERE for it.

From Eater

A limited edition export stout known as the Indra Kunindra came to wash it down.

On the back cover of the first paperback edition we get a glimpse of the media buzz.

She reportedly also had a book collection worth more than €20 million, including a first edition of Don Quixote from 1605.

If the new edition of Mary Landrieu shows up in the Senate, the Republicans win either way.

With only 7,500 sets created, this limited edition 41-DVD box set is available on November 11, 2014 for an SRP of $349.98.

In the early sixties a cheap edition appeared, and cheap editions were rare things then.

A copy of Tendall's testament sold at Oxford for 20 guineas, supposed to be the only copy of that edition unburned by Tonstall.

Transcribers Notes: This ebook has been transcribed from the original print edition, published in 1767.

At all events, they are not to be found in the second edition of Christabel , nor in any subsequent edition.

It is the last edition (Paris, 1840), and purports to be "augmente d'un examen critique et des preuves positives," &c.

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