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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun edition has 4 senses
- edition(n = noun.communication) Array - the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published; Array is a kind of impression, printing
- edition(n = noun.group) Array - 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" is a kind of group, grouping
- edition(n = noun.communication) Array - an issue of a newspaper; "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times" is a kind of issue, number
- edition(n = noun.cognition) variant, variation, version - 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" is a kind of type
has particulars: limited edition, variorum, variorum edition
has particulars: extra
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).
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 musicROGET THESAURUS
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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.
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