Edition

Definitions of "edition"

• The entire number of copies of a publication issued at one time or from a single set of type. noun
• A single copy from this group. noun
• The form in which a publication is issued: a paperback edition of a novel; an annotated edition of Shakespeare. noun
• A version of an earlier publication having substantial changes or additions: a newly revised edition of a standard reference work. noun
• All the copies of a specified issue of a newspaper: the morning edition; the Sunday edition. noun
• A broadcast of a radio or television news program: Thursday's edition of the six o'clock news. noun
• The entire number of like or identical items issued or produced as a set: a limited edition of early jazz recordings; a signed edition of a group of lithographs. noun
• Any of the various or successive forms in which something is offered or presented: this year's edition of fall fashions from Paris. noun
• One that closely resembles an original; a version: The boy was a smaller edition of his father. noun
• A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner. noun
• The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold. noun
• A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner noun
• The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time. noun
• To edit; publish.
• The act of editing. noun
• An edited copy or issue of a book or other work; a recension, or annotated reproduction: as, Milman's edition of Gibbon's “Rome”; the Globe edition of Shakspere. noun
• A concurrent issue or publication of copies of a book or some similar production; the number of books, etc., of the same kind published together, or without change of form or of contents; a multiplication or reproduction of the same work or series of works: as, a large edition of a book, map, or newspaper; the work has reached a tenth edition; the folio editions of Shakspere's plays. noun
• Figuratively, one of several forms or states in which something appears at different times; a copy; an exemplar. noun
• an issue of a newspaper noun

The word "edition" in example sentences

I am acquainted with the Bodleian copy of the original edition of this rare work; but I wish to put the Query -- Where is a copy of the _counterfeit edition_ of Serpilius to be seen, either with its original title-page, or as it appeared afterwards, when the mask was thrown off?. [Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850]

•£atw edition of Bailey's Dictionary, and not in the folio, piibitibui. either by him or Scott; for we are informed, that many perfons who have the latter (and naturally fappoiing that it contained ail that was* in the former) have fearched for tbofe words in vain in that edition* and have been led to imagine, that the Reviewer was no; fo accuraJA in his autbotity as he ought to have been.. [The Monthly Review]

We sold our first edition of five million copies inside of three months, and got out another edition of two million, and a specially illustrated holiday edition and an _edition de luxe_, and "The. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.)]

In fact, the disagreements which are rooted in both philosophical and economic differences, have spawned the term "edition wars.". [Wired Top Stories]

The official Latin edition is Liturgia Horarum which can be purchased in a four volume edition from Paxbook.. [More on the Divine Office: Private Recitation by the Laity]

The Penguin edition is not the text made famous by Gibbon's friend Lord Sheffield, but a new (well, 1983) treatment of the manuscripts by Penguin's editor Betty Radice, who steps from behind the curtain and explains her methodology in an interesting introduction.. [2009 books poll]

The Penguin edition is not bad at all, with decent footnotes drawing attention to where Caesar is nuancing the story to make himself look better (the book was published shortly after his return to Rome, engaged in the struggle which ended with him becoming Dictator in 49 BC).. [The Dodecahedra]

Also collected in this edition is the first crossover between The Darkness and Witchblade in the fan favorite “Family Ties” storyline.. [Top Cow Comics for January 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News]

Neither edition is available to order yet, and the Subterranean Press limited edition sold out in pre-orders.. [I’m one of the “and many others” – Brian Keene]

This edition is a Collected Letters with an extra element, for it constitutes every known letter by Bloomfield himself, plus a selection of the letters sent to him by literary correspondents and those exchanged between members of his circle.. [Introduction: Tim Fulford]

Certainly, if you want to experience at home, this edition is the way to go.. [Michael Giltz: Halloween DVDs: The Exorcist, Psycho, Troll 2 and More]

This edition is a reprint from "Everyman's Library" (1906-1956), but there's no printing date anywhere on the book, so I'm not sure when it was released.. ["This feeling is not sadness, this feeling is not joy..." (pt. 2)]

This was the year that Steve was one of the winners and has a fantastic story in the antho (also in this edition is a fine story by Geoffrey Girard).. [Deal 4 of 7 - Temple: Incarnations]

Our guest for this edition is author Steven Johnson, whose new book "The Ghost Map" my blog-mate Pesco describes as:. [Boing Boing: November 5, 2006 - November 11, 2006 Archives]

According to Lorena Havens, this edition is the one that has undergone the most revisions and the most extensive updating.. [The People's Guide to Mexico, 25th Anniversary Edition by Carl Franz]

SGML version of the text used in the present hypermedia edition is available at the University of Virginia's. [About this Hypertext]