edition
//ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n//
Forms
- Plural
- editions
Definitions
1.A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.
- She wanted a copy of the Clericotes edition, but had to settle for the 1921 edition. She had never liked abridged editions.
2.The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.
- The first edition was soon sold.
3.An instance of the first or second sense.
- What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition.
4.A particular instance of an event.
- The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2494
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From French édition
From Latin ēditiō
From ēdere (“to publish”).