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editional

editional adjective: pertaining to edited and published text.

Adjective

editional (comparative more editional, superlative most editional)

  1. Pertaining to edited and published text.
    • Some day, it is to be hoped, the Mexican government following the example of the Canadian parliament, which in 1858 printed the "Relations of the Jesuits" in Canada, will give the world in editional form the letters of the Jesuits in Mexico and Lower California.1908, William Richard Harris, By Path and Trail, page 96
    • Commencing with the April 10 number this department will be arranged to include all advertising of Ford car accessories, equipment and supplies, which will afford to those whose advertisements shall appear preferred position, either facing or beside editional matter.1915 March 25, “Ford Car Section”, in Automobile Journal, volume 39, number 4, page 65
  2. Editorial; pertaining to the editing of a publication.
    • Although they seemed unable to determine editional policy or curb intellectual independence.1996, C. Bloom, Cult Fiction: Popular Reading and Pulp Theory, page 113
    • Perhaps the most important aspect of Nature is the result of its editional policy and practice— the trust that people place in the scientific research which is reported.1998, Seiji Sato, The Publisher in Changing Markets, page 100
  3. Pertaining to editions, versions, and/or copies.
    • The various volumes, owing to the irregular way in which they had appeared originally, could not be reduced to any common editional term.1855, John William Wallace, The Reporters, chronologically arranged
    • As the "Prints/Multiples" exhibition was being planned, it was presumed that its expository basis would be revealed by the works of two groups of artists who, although they both use "editional" media, apparently have differenet attitudes toward them—attitudes perhaps typified by those of Nesch and...1969, Henry Art Gallery, Prints/multiples: An Exhibition of Original Prints and Multiples, page 7

Noun

editional (plural editionals)

  1. Synonym of editorial.
    • Public opinions are always provoked by the action and the words of the leader, and the editionals [editorials] of the paper.1946, Newsweek, volume 28, page 43
    • "Rakjat", a leftist newspaper, said in an editional on 22nd October: "In short, the mas's arrestes made by the Government were not approved and were opposed by practically all speakers in Parliament as well as by the press and political leaders outside Parliament.1951 October-November, “Press Comments”, in Indonesian Affairs, volume 1, number 9, page 59
    Synonyms:
    editorial

Examples of editional in a sentence

  • As a result of its well-known covers– each depicting a scene of small-town or rural family life–and its editional content, the magazine had become a mirror of day-to-day living in America.1974, Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, The Power to Inform, page 3:
  • He is also an editional board member of the prestigious Asian Homoeopathic Journal.2014, Dr. Rajeev Sharma, Massage For Good Health:
  • The pro-Labour Daily Herald, in an editional on 19 January, urged that theres should be 'no sentimental climbdown' and pressed the MCC 'to let him [Jardine] lead'.2014, Ric Sissons, Brian Stoddart, Cricket and Empire (RLE Sports Studies), page 82:

Synonyms of editional

Forms of editional

Adjective
comparativemore editional
superlativemost editional
Noun
pluraleditionals

Origin of editional

From edition + -al.

Words formed from editional

Questions about editional

What does editional mean?
Editional means pertaining to edited and published text.
How do you use editional in a sentence?
As a result of its well-known covers– each depicting a scene of small-town or rural family life–and its editional content, the magazine had become a mirror of day-to-day living in America.
What part of speech is editional?
Editional can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near editional in the dictionary

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

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