Edition Definition

ĭ-dĭshən

editions

noun

editions

The total number of copies of a book or the like printed from the same plates, type, etc. and published at about the same time.

Webster's New World

The size, style, or form in which a book is published.

A pocket edition.

Webster's New World

A single copy of such a printing.

Webster's New World

A version of an earlier publication having substantial changes or additions.

A newly revised edition of a standard reference work.

American Heritage

Any of the versions of a textbook, reference book, etc. that is maintained by periodic revision.

The fourth edition of a handbook.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Edition

Singular:

edition

Plural:

editions

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

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French édition, from Latin ēditiō, from ēdere (“to publish”).

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