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edition

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: addition
  • India: /ˈe.ɖɪ.ʃən/
  • homophone: Edison
  • rhymes with -ɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 D IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 D IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, publishing

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The first edition was soon sold.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An instance of the first or second sense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A particular instance of an event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

something a little different from others of the same type

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: version, variant, variation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: type

6

noun

Meaning 6

the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: impression, printing

Narrower terms: limited edition, variorum, variorum edition

7

noun

Meaning 7

an issue of a newspaper

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: issue, number

Narrower terms: extra

8

noun

Meaning 8

all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the first edition appeared in 1920
  • it was too late for the morning edition
  • they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: group, grouping

History

Etymology

From French édition, from Latin ēditiō, from ēdere (“to publish”).

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طَبْعَة (ṭabʕa) — literary work
  • Armenian: հրատարակություն (hratarakutʻyun) — literary work
  • Azerbaijani: nəşr — literary work
  • Bashkir: баҫма (baśma) — literary work
  • Belarusian: выда́нне (vydánnje) — literary work
  • Belarusian: выда́ньне (vydánʹnje) — literary work
  • Bulgarian: изда́ние (izdánie) — literary work
  • Catalan: edició — literary work
  • Chinese Mandarin: 版 (bǎn) — literary work
  • Chinese Mandarin: 版本 (bǎnběn) — literary work
  • Chinese Mandarin: 版次 (bǎncì) — literary work
  • Czech: vydání — literary work
  • Danish: udgave — literary work
  • Dutch: editie — literary work
  • Esperanto: eldono — literary work
  • Finnish: painos — literary work
  • Finnish: laitos — literary work
  • French: édition — literary work
  • Friulian: edizion — literary work
  • Georgian: გამოცემა (gamocema) — literary work
  • German: Ausgabe — literary work
  • Greek: έκδοση (ékdosi) — literary work
  • Hebrew: הוצאה — literary work
  • Hindi: संस्कारण (sanskāraṇ) — literary work
  • Hungarian: kiadás — literary work
  • Irish: eagrán — literary work
  • Irish: atheagrú — literary work
  • Italian: edizione — literary work
  • Japanese: 版 (ban) — literary work
  • Kazakh: басылым (basylym) — literary work
  • Korean: 판 (pan) — literary work
  • Kyrgyz: басылыш (basılış) — literary work
  • Lao: ສະບັບ (sa bap) — literary work
  • Macedonian: издание (izdanie) — literary work
  • Māori: putanga — literary work
  • Marathi: आवृत्ती (āvŕttī) — literary work
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utgave — literary work
  • Occitan: edicion — literary work
  • Persian: ویرایش (virâyeš) — literary work
  • Persian: نشر (našr) — literary work
  • Polish: edycja — literary work
  • Polish: wydanie — literary work
  • Portuguese: edição — literary work
  • Romanian: ediție — literary work
  • Romansh: ediziun — literary work
  • Russian: изда́ние (izdánije) — literary work
  • Scots: edeetion — literary work
  • Scottish Gaelic: deasachadh — literary work
  • Scottish Gaelic: eagran — literary work
  • Serbo-Croatian: изда́ње — literary work
  • Serbo-Croatian: izdánje — literary work
  • Slovak: vydanie — literary work
  • Slovene: izdaja — literary work
  • Spanish: edición — literary work
  • Swahili: toleo — literary work
  • Swedish: utgåva — literary work
  • Tajik: нашр (našr) — literary work
  • Tajik: чоп (čop) — literary work
  • Thai: ฉบับ (chà-bàp) — literary work
  • Turkish: basım — literary work
  • Ukrainian: вида́ння (vydánnja) — literary work
  • Uzbek: nashr — literary work
  • Vietnamese: xuất bản — literary work
  • Welsh: argraffiad — literary work
  • Yiddish: נוסח (nusekh) — literary work
  • Arabic: طَبْعَة (ṭabʕa) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Armenian: տպաքանակ (tpakʻanak) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Belarusian: выда́нне (vydánnje) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Belarusian: выда́ньне (vydánʹnje) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Belarusian: вы́пуск (výpusk) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Belarusian: тыра́ж (tyráž) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Bulgarian: тираж (tiraž) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Danish: oplag — whole set of copies, print run
  • Dutch: druk — whole set of copies, print run
  • Finnish: painos — whole set of copies, print run
  • French: édition — whole set of copies, print run
  • German: Auflage — whole set of copies, print run
  • Greek: έκδοση (ékdosi) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Hindi: संस्करण (sanskaraṇ) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Hungarian: kiadás — whole set of copies, print run
  • Japanese: 版 (ban) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Malay: edisi — whole set of copies, print run
  • Māori: putanga — whole set of copies, print run
  • Marathi: आवृत्ती (āvŕttī) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Polish: nakład — whole set of copies, print run
  • Portuguese: tiragem — whole set of copies, print run
  • Romanian: ediție — whole set of copies, print run
  • Romanian: tiraj — whole set of copies, print run
  • Russian: изда́ние (izdánije) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Russian: вы́пуск (výpusk) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Russian: тира́ж (tiráž) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Scottish Gaelic: deasachadh — whole set of copies, print run
  • Scottish Gaelic: eagran — whole set of copies, print run
  • Spanish: edición — whole set of copies, print run
  • Spanish: tiraje — whole set of copies, print run
  • Swahili: toleo — whole set of copies, print run
  • Swedish: upplaga — whole set of copies, print run
  • Tagalog: hipno — whole set of copies, print run
  • Thai: ฉบับ (chà-bàp) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Turkish: baskı — whole set of copies, print run
  • Ukrainian: вида́ння (vydánnja) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Ukrainian: ви́пуск (výpusk) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Ukrainian: тира́ж (tyráž) — whole set of copies, print run
  • Welsh: argraffiad — whole set of copies, print run
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