edition

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/
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/ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ · /ˈɛɖ.ɪ.ʃən/

Definition of edition

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.
    “She wanted a copy of the Clericotes edition, but had to settle for the 1921 edition. She had never liked abridged editions.”
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noun

  1. A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.
    “She wanted a copy of the Clericotes edition, but had to settle for the 1921 edition. She had never liked abridged editions.”
  2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.
    “The first edition was soon sold.”
  3. An instance of the first or second sense.
    “What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition.”
  4. A particular instance of an event.
    “The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From French édition, from Latin ēditiō, from ēdere (“to publish”).

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