Definitions for edition
ɪˈdɪʃ ənedi·tion

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. editionnoun

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

2. editionnoun

   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"

3. editionnoun

   an issue of a newspaper

   "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times"

4. version, variant, variation, editionnoun

   something a little different from others of the same type

   "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"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. editionnoun

   A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner.

2. editionnoun

   The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.

3. Etymology: editio, from edere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. EDITIONnoun

   Etymology: editio, Latin.

   1. Publication of any thing, particularly of a book.

   These are of the second edition. William Shakespeare, Mer. Wiv. of Winds.

   This English edition is not so properly a translation, as a new composition upon the same ground. Burnet.

   2. Republication; generally with some revisal or correcting.

   The business of our redemption is to rub over the defaced copy of the creation, to reprint God’s image upon the soul, and to set forth nature in a second and a fairer edition. South.

   I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him. John Dryden, Fables, Preface.

   The Code, composed hastily, was forced to undergo an emendation, and to come forth in a second edition. Thomas Baker.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Editionnoun

   a literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare

2. Editionnoun

   the whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold

3. Etymology: [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. dition. See Edit.]

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1. Edition

   In printmaking, an edition is a number of prints struck from one plate, usually at the same time. This is the meaning covered by this article. This may be a limited edition, with a fixed number of impressions produced on the understanding that no further impressions will be produced later, or an open edition limited only by the number that can be sold or produced before the plate wears. Most modern artists produce only limited editions, normally signed by the artist in pencil, and numbered as say 67/100 to show the unique number of that impression and the total edition size.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'edition' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3756

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'edition' in Nouns Frequency: #1319

Anagrams for edition »

1. tineoid

2. odinite

3. otidine

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of edition in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of edition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of edition in a Sentence

1. Ricardo Marques:

   At Budweiser, we have a long-standing tradition of decorating our local breweries across this country during the holidays, this season, we want to extend the holiday cheer with our limited-edition bottles and toast to a bright new year. The new red aluminum bottle isn't the first special design the legacy beer maker has issued this year. In May, Anheuser-Busch InBev replaced the beer's name with the word.

2. Sarah Munro:

   I think those days when people were out to be shocked and to shock are not where artists really are at the moment, artists are interested in engaging in ideas with the public and I think what's exciting about this edition of the Turner Prize is that it feels very now, very of the moment.

3. Regina Rodriguez:

   . Shortly before the couple were buried, the gunman’s first wife spoke publicly for the first time since the massacre. Tessa Brennaman said Tessa Brennaman lived in constant fear of Kelley, a former airman, and said he had once placed a handgun against Tessa Brennaman head and threatened to kill Tessa Brennaman. He just had a lot of demons or hatred inside of him, Brennaman, 25, told CBS’s Inside Edition. In 2012, while stationed at an Air Force base in New Mexico, Kelley received a court-martial conviction for physically abusing Brennaman and fracturing his infant stepson’s skull. At the Grace Bible Church in La Vernia where the Richard Rodriguez funeral service was held, about 500 people gathered to hear tributes to the couple, who were married in 2006. Rodriguez’s first wife died 15 years ago. Richard Rodriguez only child, daughter Regina Rodriguez, 33, said it was a small comfort that Regina Rodriguez father and Therese died together, deeply in love and inside their place of worship. What a perfect way to leave this world, not one of them going through mourning and burying each other, because I know that my dad could n’t do it again.

4. Kraft Heinz:

   We know die-hard fans of KRAFT Macaroni Cheese Dinner are always excited by new ways to enjoy a comforting bowl of our iconic mac cheese, the FLVRS Club is for those fans willing to expand their mac cheese horizons with these limited-edition packets that bring flavors we love to our favorite comfort food.

5. Spyros Capralos:

   We have discussed with at least three potential organizers where I have been present, there is great flexibility on sports on the program because the Games are a new event. We have still not hosted the second edition.

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