edition

one of a series of printings; a version of anything, printed or not: This is the latest edition of the Word program.

Not to be confused with:

addition – the act of adding or uniting: We are going to have an addition to our family.

e·di·tion

(ĭ-dĭsh′ən)

a. The entire number of copies of a publication issued at one time or from a single set of type.

b. A single copy from this group.

c. The form in which a publication is issued: a paperback edition of a novel; an annotated edition of Shakespeare.

d. A version of an earlier publication having substantial changes or additions: a newly revised edition of a standard reference work.

2. All the copies of a specified issue of a newspaper: the morning edition; the Sunday edition.

3. A broadcast of a radio or television news program: Thursday's edition of the six o'clock news.

a. The entire number of like or identical items issued or produced as a set: a limited edition of early jazz recordings; a signed edition of a group of lithographs.

b. Any of the various or successive forms in which something is offered or presented: this year's edition of fall fashions from Paris.

5. One that closely resembles an original; a version: The boy was a smaller edition of his father.

[Middle English edicion, version, translation, from Latin ēditiō, ēditiōn-, publication, production, from ēditus, past participle of ēdere, to publish, produce; see edit.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

edition

(ɪˈdɪʃən)

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing

a. the entire number of copies of a book, newspaper, or other publication printed at one time from a single setting of type

b. a single copy from this number: a first edition; the evening edition.

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) one of a number of printings of a book or other publication, issued at separate times with alterations, amendments, etc. Compare impression⁶

3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)

a. an issue of a work identified by its format: a leather-bound edition of Shakespeare.

b. an issue of a work identified by its editor or publisher: the Oxford edition of Shakespeare.

4. (Broadcasting) a particular instance of a television or radio programme broadcast

(Art Terms) (tr) to produce multiple copies of (an original work of art)

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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

e•di•tion

(ɪˈdɪʃ ən)

n.

1. one of a series of printings of a publication, each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc.

2. the format in which a work is published: a paperback edition.

3. the whole number of impressions or copies of a publication printed from one set of type at one time.

4. a version, esp. of something presented to the public.

[1545–55; (< Middle French) < Latin]

edition

In cartography, a particular issue of a map or chart which is different from other issues.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Edition

the number of copies of a book or paper printed at the one time, 1555.

edition

The number of copies printed at one time.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	edition - the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published printing, impression - all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" limited edition - an edition that is restricted to a specific number of copies variorum, variorum edition - an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors
	2.	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" group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
	3.	edition - an issue of a newspaper; "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times" issue, number - one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room" extra - an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)
	4.	edition - 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" version, variant, variation type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"

edition

noun version, copy, issue, programme (TV, Radio), printing, volume, impression, publication, number A paperback edition is now available in all good bookshops.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

طَبْعَةطَبْعَه

vydání

udgaveversion

Ausgabe Auflage Aufgabe

έκδοση

edición tirada

painos

édition

izdanje

kiadás

útgáfa

edizione emissione imposta

版

판

izdaja

upplaga

จำนวนพิมพ์ทั้งหมดต่อครั้ง

basım baskı

bản in

版本版

edition

[ɪˈdɪʃən] N (gen) → edición f; (= number printed) → tirada f, impresión f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

edition

[ɪˈdɪʃ^ən] n [book, newspaper] → édition f; [programme] → édition f
a paperback edition → une édition de poche, une édition brochée

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

edition

n → Ausgabe f, → Edition f; (= impression) → Auflage f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

edition

[ɪˈdɪʃ/ən] n → edizione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

edit

(ˈedit) verb

to prepare (a book, manuscript, newspaper, programme, film etc) for publication, or for broadcasting etc, especially by correcting, altering, shortening etc.

edition (iˈdiʃn) noun

a number of copies of a book etc printed at a time, or the form in which they are produced. the third edition of the book; a paperback edition; the evening edition of the newspaper.

ˈeditor noun

1. a person who edits books etc. a dictionary editor.

2. a person who is in charge of (part of) a newspaper, journal etc. The editor of The Times; She has been appointed fashion editor.

ˌediˈtorial (-ˈtoː-) adjective

of or belonging to editors. editorial work/staff.

noun

the leading article in a newspaper.

edition

→ طَبْعَة vydání udgave Ausgabe έκδοση edición painos édition izdanje edizione 版 판 editie utgave wydanie edição издание upplaga จำนวนพิมพ์ทั้งหมดต่อครั้ง baskı bản in 版本

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

Aldus Manutius (Aldine edition), Venice, 1495 (complete works).

View in context

Wharton made extensive stylistic, punctuation, and spelling changes and revisions between the serial and book publication, and more than thirty subsequent changes were made after the second impression of the book edition had been run off.

View in context

FIRST ISSUE OF THIS EDITION 1912 REPRINTED 1919, 1923, 1928

View in context

A short-frocked edition of Charles also regards them placidly; a perambulator edition is squeaking; a third edition is expected shortly.

View in context

It is by mistake that this edition was announced as augmented by many new chapters.

View in context

This was typed from a 1907 edition published by Cassell and Company, Limited.

View in context

I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scientific person on board, accompanied by an offer from him of giving up part of his own accommodations, that I volunteered my services, which received, through the kindness of the hydrographer, Captain Beaufort, the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty.

View in context

had cautiously brought out an edition of fifteen hundred copies, but the first reviews had started a second edition of twice the size through the presses; and ere this was delivered a third edition of five thousand had been ordered.

View in context

His life was prefixed to all the early editions of these fables, and was republished as late as 1727 by Archdeacon Croxall as the introduction to his edition of Aesop.

View in context

I present it, unaltered, in the Cheap Edition; and such of my opinions as it expresses, are quite unaltered too.

View in context

Nor should one ever eat without a seventeenth-century poet in an old yellow-leaved edition upon the table, not to be read, of course, any more than the flowers are to be eaten, but just to make music of association very softly to our thoughts.

View in context

In the abridged London edition of, there are plates of an alleged whale and a narwhale.

View in context