the form in which a text is published
a paperback edition
the whole number of copies published at one time or place
an edition of 50,000
a number of copies published at one place
the Kilmarnock edition of Burns's poetry
one of the copies published at one time, esp the first time
a rare first edition
the issue of a newspaper or periodical for a specified time or place
the late edition
the Manchester edition
the whole number of articles of one style put out at one time
a limited edition of collectors’ pieces
a copy or version
She's a friendlier edition of her mother
[via French from Latin edition-, editio publication, edition, from edere to bring forth, publish, from ex-1 + dare to give]