edition

Plural: editions

Noun

• A particular version or series of a printed work.
• the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
• all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
  • "the first edition appeared in 1920"
  • "it was too late for the morning edition"
  • "they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings"
• an issue of a newspaper
  • "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times"
• something a little different from others of the same type
  • "the boy is a younger edition of his father"
• A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.
• The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.
• An instance of the first or second sense.
• A particular instance of an event.

Examples

• She wanted a copy of the Clericotes edition, but had to settle for the 1921 edition. She had never liked abridged editions.
• The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire.
• The first edition was soon sold.
• This special EDITION of the Scrabble dictionary includes even more acceptable words.
• What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition.

Synonyms

variant, variation, version