edition

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/ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

first

I finally found a first edition of my favorite novel at an antique bookstore.

limited, special

The museum released a special edition poster to celebrate the artist's 100th birthday.

cheap | hardback, leather-bound, paperback | pocket

abridged

The paperback abridged edition of the novel is much easier to carry around.

illustrated | revised

critical

The professor assigned us the critical edition of the novel for our literature class.

facsimile

The museum published a facsimile edition of the rare medieval manuscript so everyone could study it.

electronic

morning, evening

The morning edition of the newspaper arrived at our door before breakfast.

VERB + EDITION

bring out, issue, produce, publish

EDITION + VERB

appear, be out, come out

A new edition of the dictionary came out last month.

PREP

in a ~

The latest Harry Potter book came out in a special edition with bonus illustrations.

~ of

The latest edition of the newspaper arrived at my doorstep this morning.

Definitions

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.

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

The first edition was soon sold.

An instance of the first or second sense.

What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition.

A particular instance of an event.

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — something a little different from others of the same type

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

dead tree edition

The physical, printed version of a publication.

dead-tree edition Derogatory cyberspeak for the paper version of a periodical....

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

The first edition was soon sold.

Wiktionary

What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition.

Wiktionary

Haven't you got a cheaper edition?

Tatoeba · #30471

A revised edition of the encyclopedia was published.

Tatoeba · #44330

Is there a paperback edition of this book?

Tatoeba · #57076

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