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- Dictionaryedition/ɪˈdɪʃn/
noun
- 1. a particular form or version of a published text: "a paperback edition"
- 2. the total number of copies of a book, newspaper, or other published material issued at one time: "variations occurred after some of the edition had already been published"
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The meaning of EDITION is the form or version in which a text is published. How to use edition in a sentence.
writing. a particular form in which a book, magazine, or newspaper is published, or the total number of copies of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are published at the same time: a regional edition of a newspaper. The book comes in both paperback and hardback editions.
An edition is a particular version of a book, magazine, or newspaper that is printed at one time.
Definition of edition noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
An edition is a particular version of a publication. A book collector will pay a lot of money for a first edition of an important work (but that probably doesn’t include any of the paperbacks on your shelf).
writing. a particular form in which a book, magazine, or newspaper is published, or the total number of copies of a book, magazine, or newspaper that are published at the same time: a regional edition of a newspaper. The book comes in both paperback and hardback editions.
An edition is the total number of copies of a particular book or newspaper that are printed at one time. [...]
A newly revised edition of a standard reference work. American Heritage Any of the versions of a textbook, reference book, etc. that is maintained by periodic revision.
There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun edition, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
edition - 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"
