edition

B1 Topic:Media & Publishing

US /ɪˈdɪʃən/ UK /ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ See IPA manual

Freq #7385

Meanings

1

noun
A particular version of a book, magazine, or newspaper that is published.

The digital edition of this novel has a new introduction by the author.
2

noun
All the copies of a book or other work printed at one time.

The first edition was soon sold out.
3

noun
One particular occasion of a regular event.

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

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Forms editions

Derived forms co-editioncoeditione-editioneditionededitioningintereditionmiseditionre-edition

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Phrases (1)

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first edition
the earliest published version of a book

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

*deh₃- Proto-Indo-European édition French ēditiō Latin

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# edition

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈdɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/
**Frequency rank:** 7385

## Meanings
1. A particular version of a book, magazine, or newspaper that is published.
2. All the copies of a book or other work printed at one time.
3. One particular occasion of a regular event.

## Examples
- The digital edition of this novel has a new introduction by the author.
- The first edition was soon sold out.
- The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Yorkshire.

## Derived Forms
- co-edition
- coedition
- e-edition
- editioned
- editioning
- interedition
- misedition
- re-edition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *deh₃-
- Root: édition
- Root: ēditiō

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

## AI Etymology
Edition comes from French édition, from Latin ēditiō, from ēdere (“to publish”). In current use, the main senses are “A particular version of a book, magazine, or newspaper that is published” and “All the copies of a book or other work printed at one time”. Its deeper ancestry includes Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-.

## Topics
- Media & Publishing

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