Definition of 'edition'
Word forms: plural editions
1. countable noun
2. countable noun
An edition is the total number of copies of a particular book or newspaper that are printed at one time.
The second edition was published only in America.
3. countable noun
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noun
1. printing
a.
b.
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 (sense 6)3.
4.
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Word origin of 'edition'
C16: from Latin ēditiō a bringing forth, publishing, from ēdere to give out; see editor noun
2.
a.
b.
a single copy of such a printing
3.
the fourth edition of a handbook
4.
the issue of a standard work or of the writings of a well-known author, distinguished by its editor, publisher, etc.
the Skeat edition of Chaucer
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Example sentences containing 'edition'
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This edition is a work of art.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014) Times, Sunday Times (2008) Times, Sunday Times (2010) Times, Sunday Times (2007)The new edition of the book is available at timesonline.
Times, Sunday Times (2008) The Times Literary Supplement (2011) The Sun (2015) Principles of Corporate Finance (1991) The Sun (2013) The Sun (2012) A Short Guide to Writing About History (1995) Times, Sunday Times (2012) Times, Sunday Times (2015)Literary quotations are not always identified and when they are it can be without edition or page number.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011) Times, Sunday Times (2006)Since then, most photographers have sold work in numbered editions.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)And this new Penguin edition is the one to have.
Times, Sunday Times (2008) Alternative Health Care for Women (1991)We invite the audience to flick through an edition of the magazine, turning from one celebrity story to the next.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)This new edition reflects this.
Alternative Health Care for Women (1991) Times, Sunday Times (2006)The museum presents personal souvenirs belonging to the writer and his family, numerous original editions, manuscripts and illustrations.
Times, Sunday Times (2009) The Sun (2013)Trends of 'edition'
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Translations for 'edition'
British English: edition /ɪˈdɪʃən/
NOUN
An edition is a particular version of a book, magazine, or newspaper that is printed at one time.This is the second edition of the book.
An edition is a particular version of a book, magazine, or newspaper that is printed at one time.This is the second edition of the book.
- Arabic: طَبْعَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: edição
- Chinese: 版本
- Croatian: izdanje
- Czech: vydání knihy
- Danish: udgave
- Dutch: editie
- European Spanish: edición
- Finnish: painos
- French: édition
- German: Ausgabe Buch, Zeitschrift
- Greek: έκδοση
- Italian: edizione
- Japanese: 版
- Korean: 판
- Norwegian: utgave
- Polish: wydanie
- Portuguese: edição
- Romanian: ediție ediții
- Russian: издание
- Spanish: edición
- Swedish: upplaga
- Thai: จำนวนพิมพ์ทั้งหมดต่อครั้ง
- Turkish: baskı gazete, dergi
- Ukrainian: видання
- Vietnamese: bản in
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