edition

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 39.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.

   She wanted a copy of the Clericotes edition, but had to settle for the 1921 edition. She had never liked abridged editions.

2. noun The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.

   The first edition was soon sold.

3. noun An instance of the first or second sense.

   What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition.

4. noun A particular instance of an event.

   The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire.

Similar words

publishing publisher publication editor editorial published bulletin printed publish format

Often followed by

of is in was by published and the has

Word family

edit edited editing editions editor editorial editorials editors edits