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e·di·tion  (-dshn)
n.
1.
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.
4.
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 diti, ditin-, publication, production, from ditus, past participle of dere, to publish, produce; see edit.]

edition
Noun
1. a particular version of a book, newspaper, or magazine produced at one time: the revised paperback edition
2. a single television or radio programme which forms part of a series: the first edition goes on the air in 30 minutes

Edition the number of copies of a book or paper printed at the one time, 1555.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.editionedition - 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.editionedition - 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"
type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"

edition
4. programme, TV, Radio

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

edition [ɪˈdɪʃən] n (gen) → edición f (= number printed); tirada
edition [ɪˈdɪʃən] edit nédition f
edition [ɪˈdɪʃən] edit nAusgabe f
edition [ɪˈdɪʃən] nedizione f

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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.
A short-frocked edition of Charles also regards them placidly; a perambulator edition is squeaking; a third edition is expected shortly.
FIRST ISSUE OF THIS EDITION 1912 REPRINTED 1919, 1923, 1928
 
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