edition

noun

edi·​tion i-ˈdi-shən 

1

a

: the form or version in which a text is published

a paperback edition

the German edition

b(1)

: the whole number of copies published at one time

(2)

: a usually special issue of a newspaper (as for a particular day or purpose)

Sunday edition

international edition

(3)

: one of the usually several issues of a newspaper in a single day

city edition

late edition

2

a

: one of the forms in which something is presented

this year's edition of the annual charity ball

b

: the whole number of articles of one style put out at one time

a limited edition of collectors' pieces

3

: copy, version

Examples of edition in a Sentence

the latest edition of the software

The errors were corrected in the book's second edition.

Recent Examples on the Web

Merriam-Webster is now owned by Encyclopædia Britannica, another big print-era brand—the original edition was published in Scotland in 1768—that is struggling to compete in an online realm dominated by the nonprofit Wikipedia. —Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025

Winners are announced each Friday online and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections. —Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025

With the help of Pavlovsky and the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, French fashion’s organizing body, Wun quickly secured a slot on the spring 2023 edition of Paris Couture Fashion Week. —Denni Hu, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025

Baudelaire and his publisher were prosecuted and fined for offending public morality, and several poems were outright banned, removed from later editions. —Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from Latin edition-, editio publication, edition, from edere to bring forth, publish, from e- + -dere to put or -dere (from dare to give) — more at do, date

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing edition

• co-edition
• first edition
• limited edition
• pocket edition
• text edition
• trade edition

Rhymes for edition

• addition
• admission
• ambition
• attrition
• audition
• clinician
• cognition
• coition
• commission
• condition
• contrition
• dentition

Kids Definition

edition

noun

edi·​tion i-ˈdish-ən 

1

: the form in which a book is published

an illustrated edition

2

: the whole number of copies printed or published at one time

a third edition

3

: one of the several issues of a newspaper for a single day

the late edition