edition

A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.

Noun

  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.

Origin

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

Forms

editions

Derived

author's edition bulldog edition cabinet edition coedition co-edition collector's edition dead tree edition editioned editioning e-edition first edition interedition limited edition misedition pocket edition red-letter edition re-edition trade edition