edition

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: e=di=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

edition, n. [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. édition. See Edit.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

edition, n.
1 a one of the particular forms in which a literary work etc. is published (paperback edition; pocket edition). b a copy of a book in a particular form (a first edition).
2 a whole number of copies of a book, newspaper, etc., issued at one time.
3 a particular version or instance of a broadcast, esp. of a regular programme or feature.
4 a person or thing similar to or resembling another (a miniature edition of her mother).

Etymology

F {eacute}dition f. L editio -onis f. edere edit- put out (as E-, dare give)

THESAURUS

edition

arrangement, back number, collection, composite reading, conflation, copy, critical edition, diplomatic text, draft, edited text, hymnal, hymnbook, impression, instrumental score, issue, lection, library, library edition, libretto, lute tablature, music, music paper, music roll, musical notation, musical score, normalized text, notation, number, opera, opera score, orchestral score, part, piano score, printing, reading, reissue, rendering, rendition, reprinting, scholarly edition, school edition, score, series, set, sheet music, short score, songbook, songster, tablature, text, trade book, trade edition, transcript, transcription, variant, version, vocal score, volume, written music

ROGET THESAURUS

edition

Publication

N publication, public announcement, promulgation, propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento, circulation, indiction, edition, hue and cry, publicity, notoriety, currency, flagrancy, cry, bruit, hype, vox populi, report, the Press, public press, newspaper, journal, gazette, daily, telegraphy, publisher, imprint, circular, circular letter, manifesto, advertisement, ad, placard, bill, affiche, broadside, poster, notice, published, current, in circulation, public, notorious, flagrant, arrant, open, trumpet-tongued, encyclical, encyclic, promulgatory, exoteric, publicly, in open court, with open doors, Int, Oyez!, O yes!, notice!, notice is hereby given, this is to give, these are to give notice, nomina stultorum parietibus haerent, semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.