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Webster 1913 Edition


Edition

E-di′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
editio
, fr.
edere
to publish; cf. F.
édition
. See
Edit
.]
1.
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.
The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time;
as, the first
edition
was soon sold
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Edition

EDI'TION

,
Noun.
[L. editio, from edo, to publish.]
1.
The publication of any book or writing; as the first edition of a new work.
2.
Republication, sometimes with revision and correction; as the second edition of a work.
3.
Any publication of a book before published; also, one impression or the whole number of copies published at once; as the tenth edition.

Definition 2024


edition

edition

See also: édition

English

Noun

edition (plural editions)

  1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner.
  2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.
    The first edition was soon sold.
  3. (sports) A particular instance of an event.
    The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire.

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:edition.

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Finnish

Noun

edition

  1. Genitive singular form of editio.

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