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edition, a printed version of a given work that may be distinguished from other versions either by its published format (e.g. paperback edition, popular edition, abridged edition), or by its membership of a complete batch of copies printed from the same setting of type, usually at the same time and place. These batches come to be numbered as first, second, third, etc. editions, each time a new version is set again from fresh type; where the same type is used to run off further copies, the batches are known as second, third, fourth, etc. ‘printings’ or ‘impressions’ of the relevant edition. The term is also applied rather differently to the works of an author as edited by a particular scholar or by a team of scholars sharing the same procedures, e.g. Christopher Ricks's edition of Tennyson, or the Arden editions of Shakespeare. See also variorum edition.

IN BRIEF: n. - Something a little different from others of the same type; The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published; An issue of a newspaper; All of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time.

What edition of the text book are you using this semester?

Tutor's tip: The author's article was a great "addition" (part added) to the latest "edition" (specific publication).

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For a list of words related to edition, see:

• Publishing - edition: particular imprint or publishing run of book
• Journalism - edition: updated version of daily newspaper published at certain hour, such as morning, early, late, or final edition
• Books and Pages - edition: particular form or version in which text is published; redaction

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See words rhyming with "edition."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udgave, oplag

Nederlands (Dutch)
editie, oplage, uitgave

Français (French)
n. - édition, tirage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausgabe, Edition, Auflage

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έκδοση (έντυπου, εφημερίδας κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
edizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - edição (f), publicação (f)

Русский (Russian)
издание, выпуск, тираж

Español (Spanish)
n. - edición, tirada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - upplaga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
版, 版本, 发行数, 极相似的人, 翻版

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 版, 版本, 發行數, 極相似的人, 翻版

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 전 발행부수, 복제

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 版, 複製, 一回の生産総数, 提供形式

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طبعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מהדורה, הוצאה, אדם או דבר הדומים לאחר‬

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