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edition

UK/ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/

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India/ˈe.ɖɪ.ʃən/

edition noun: a written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.

Noun

edition (plural editions)

  1. 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.
  2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.
    • The first edition was soon sold.
  3. An instance of the first or second sense.
    • What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition.
  4. A particular instance of an event.
    • The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire.

edition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

edition in Hindi

literary work
संस्कारण sanskāraṇ
whole set of copies, print run
संस्करण sanskaraṇ

edition in Tamil

பதிப்பு

edition in Marathi

literary work
आवृत्ती āvŕttī
whole set of copies, print run
आवृत्ती āvŕttī

edition in Urdu

edition, printing, impression
چھاپہ chāpa
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edition in Bengali
সংস্করণ, প্রকাশন, প্রচারসংখ্যা, জারি
edition in Telugu
ఎడిషన్
edition in Malayalam
പതിപ്പ് patippŭ
edition in Kannada
ಮುದ್ರಣ, ಪ್ರತಿ, ಛಾಪೆ, ಅಚ್ಚು
edition in Tagalog
hipno
edition in Arabic
طَبْعَة ṭabʕa
edition in Malay
edisi
edition in Persian
ویرایش virâyeš, نشر našr
edition in Thai
ฉบับ chà-bàp
edition in Vietnamese
xuất bản

Examples of edition in a sentence

  • The omnibus edition of The Archers is broadcast every Sunday morning at 11:00.
  • Our town's public library has several copies of the Bible, in each of several editions.
  • The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship.

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Forms of edition

pluraleditions

Plural of edition: editions

Origin of edition

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

Words formed from edition

Phrases with edition

Words that rhyme with edition

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Questions about edition

What does edition mean?
Edition means a written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.
What is edition in Hindi?
Edition in Hindi is संस्कारण (sanskāraṇ), संस्करण (sanskaraṇ). See Edition meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is edition?
Edition is a noun.
How do you pronounce edition?
Edition is pronounced /ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
What is the plural of edition?
The plural of edition is editions.

Words near edition in the dictionary

  1. editing
  2. editing in
  3. editing out
  4. editings
  5. editio princeps
  6. edition
  7. editional
  8. editionalise
  9. editionalised
  10. editionalises
  11. editionalising

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: edition (page history and authors); edition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چھاپہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); edition (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); edition (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); പതിപ്പ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); edition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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