What is the meaning of edition?

noun

  • The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.
  • All of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time.
    • usage: "the first edition appeared in 1920"; "it was too late for the morning edition"; "they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings"
  • An issue of a newspaper.
    • usage: "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times"
  • Something a little different from others of the same type.
    • usage: "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"
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APAWordNet. (2010). edition. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/edition/definitions/1216925
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "edition" http://smartdefine.org/edition/definitions/1216925 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, edition, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/edition/definitions/1216925>.
MLAWordNet. "edition" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/edition/definitions/1216925>
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