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Edition

//ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    something a little different from others of the same type wordnet
  3. 3
    The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.

    "The first edition was soon sold."

  4. 4
    the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published wordnet
  5. 5
    An instance of the first or second sense.

    "What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition."

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  1. 6
    an issue of a newspaper wordnet
  2. 7
    A particular instance of an event.

    "The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire."

  3. 8
    all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time wordnet

Etymology

From French édition, from Latin ēditiō, from ēdere (“to publish”).

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