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

After the second edition of the CFP rankings in November, then-committee chair Mack Rhoades had expressed that conference championship games were largely considered beneficial for CFP contenders. —Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2025

Today’s edition of 5 Things AM was edited and produced by CNN’s Andrew Torgan. —Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025

The typesetters, busy slotting the evening edition into place, don’t look up. —Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025

The melodrama about a girl cloistered in her home by a controlling brother, played in the inaugural edition of the Red Sea Film Festival in 2021 as one of the first productions to come out of Saudi Arabia in the wake of the lifting of the cinema ban. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 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