first edition

noun

: the copies of a literary work first printed from the same type and issued at the same time

also : a single copy from a first edition

Examples of first edition in a Sentence

There were many errors in the book's first edition.

She owns a valuable first edition of Huckleberry Finn.

Recent Examples on the Web

This will be the first edition to take place under the direction of Karim Crippa, who replaced the fair’s inaugural director, Clément Délepine last fall, after Délepine decamped for the Paris nonprofit Lafayette Anticipations. —News Desk, Artforum, 28 May 2026

The first edition is out on Wednesday, and it’s written by the brilliant Hannah Vanbiber and Chris Sprow. —Phil Hay, New York Times, 25 May 2026

A lot has changed since the first edition came out in 2005 with around 580 hikes, Friend said. —Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026

Missing from the June lineup are Walter van Beirendonck, who is staging a show in Antwerp to mark his 40th anniversary during the first edition of the city’s fashion festival, and Japanese label White Mountaineering. —Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 22 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1542, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for first edition

• abolition
• acquisition
• admonition
• ammunition
• apparition
• apposition
• coalition
• competition
• composition
• definition
• deglutition
• demolition