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

As art director at the time, I was charged with the cover of the first edition. —Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026

Welcome to our first edition of In The Dotte and thank you for being here. —Sofi Zeman january 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026

Launched at the Expo 2025 Osaka last year, what seemed like a pipe dream destined for a 2050 debut, is now expected to have a prototype ready decades ahead of schedule—with the first edition to launch in just four years. —Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026

Page Six gets a Hollywood edition Papps declined last week to reveal what stories his reporters were chasing and what bombs the political columnists will throw in its first editions. —Christopher Weber, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 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