a set of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are published at the same time
The letterappeared in the Sunday edition of the localnewspaper.
a copy of the latest edition of our magazine
the December edition of Homes and Gardens
Synonyms and related words
Types of newspaper or magazine
back copy
back issue
back number
1a
a set of copies of a book that are published at the same time. A new edition of a book is different in some way from the edition before. A set of copies that are exactly the same as the set before is called a reprint
He had an entry in the 1993 edition of the Guinness Book of Records.
This remarkdid not appear in revisededitions of the work.
Synonyms and related words
Relating to the business of publishing
asset
backlist
bibliography
edition
noun countable
US /ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/
Other entries for this word
first editionnoun
limited editionnoun
Word Forms
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edition
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DEFINITIONS1
1
a set of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are published at the same time
The letterappeared in the Sunday edition of the localnewspaper.
a copy of the latest edition of our magazine
the December edition of Better Homes and Gardens
Synonyms and related words
Types of newspaper or magazine
back copy
back issue
back number
1a
a set of copies of a book that are published at the same time. A new edition of a book is different in some way from the edition before. A set of copies that are exactly the same as the set before is called a reprint
He had an entry in the 1993 edition of the Guinness Book of Records.
This remarkdid not appear in revisededitions of the work.