edition

/ɪˈdɪʃɪn/

/ɛˈdɪʃən/

Other forms: editions

An edition is a particular version of a publication. A book collector will pay a lot of money for a first edition of an important work (but that probably doesn’t include any of the paperbacks on your shelf).

Edition can also refer to a book’s format. If you really enjoy reading a particular book, you might want to purchase a leather-bound, gilded-edge edition of it. In addition, edition can designate a particular issue of a newspaper. If you're a fan of crossword puzzles, you know that the toughest puzzle usually appears in the weekend edition.

Definitions of edition

1. noun

   the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
   types:

   limited edition

   an edition that is restricted to a specific number of copies

   variorum, variorum edition

   an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors

   type of:

   impression, printing

   all the copies of a work printed at one time
2. noun

   all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
   “the first edition appeared in 1920”

   “it was too late for the morning edition”

   “they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings”

   type of:

   group, grouping

   any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
3. noun

   an issue of a newspaper
   “he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times”

   types:

   extra

   an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)

   type of:

   issue, number

   one of a series published periodically
4. noun

   something a little different from others of the same type
   “the boy is a younger edition of his father”

   synonyms: variant, variation, version

   type of:

   type

   a subdivision of a particular kind of thing