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Word edition
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ɪˈdɪʃn / NAmE / ɪˈdɪʃn /
Example
  • a paperback/hardback edition
  • she collects first editions of victorian novels.
  • the online edition of ‘the guardian’
  • tonight's edition of ‘panorama’ looks at unemployment.
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edition

(noun)BrE / ɪˈdɪʃn / NAmE / ɪˈdɪʃn /
  1. the form in which a book is published
    • a paperback/hardback edition
    • She collects first editions of Victorian novels.
    • the online edition of ‘The Guardian’
  2. a particular newspaper or magazine, or radio or television programme, especially one in a regular series
    • Tonight's edition of ‘Panorama’ looks at unemployment.
    • The story was in Tuesday's edition of ‘The New York Times’.
  3. the total number of copies of a book, newspaper or magazine, etc. published at one time
    • see also limited edition
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/limited-edition
    • The dictionary is now in its ninth edition.
    • The article appeared in the evening edition of ‘The Mercury’.

    Extra Examples

    • Later editions had a glossary.
    • The book appeared in a limited edition of 3 000.
    • The encyclopedia will shortly be out in a revised edition.
    • The first edition of the newspaper appeared in 1859.
    • The passionate collector will go for early editions.
    • The story made it into the evening edition of the newspaper.
    • There will be a live edition of the show tomorrow night.
    • They have brought out an abridged edition of the encyclopedia.
    • This edition features a new section on Chinese cooking.
    • a bookshop that specializes in rare first editions
    • a critical edition of Shakespeare’s plays
    • a facsimile edition of Dr Johnson’s Dictionary of 1755
    • the November edition of ‘Vogue’
    • The story was in Tuesday’s edition of ‘The New York Times’.
    • Tonight’s edition of ‘Panorama’ looks at unemployment.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from French édition, from Latin editio(n-), from edere ‘put out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + dare ‘give’.
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