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edition

edi·tion

UK/ˈe.ɖɪ.ʃən/ US/ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ fairly common

noun

1.

the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

2.

all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time

  • “the first edition appeared in 1920”
  • “it was too late for the morning edition”
  • “they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings”
3.

an issue of a newspaper

  • “he read it in yesterday”
4.

something a little different from others of the same type

  • “an experimental version of the night fighter”
  • “a variant of the same word”
  • “an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone”
  • “the boy is a younger edition of his father”

Origin

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

Phrases

  • author's edition
  • bulldog edition
  • cabinet edition
  • collector's edition
  • dead tree edition
  • first edition
  • limited edition
  • pocket edition

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