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

Idris Elba, Deepak Chopra, Katherine Ryan, Wyclef Jean, Tems, Jenn Nkiru, Jean-Michel Jarre and Joe Wicks are among speakers to have been set for the first edition of the London spinoff of the popular Austin festival. —Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025

But among the first editions and historical manuscripts is an archive of writings from an unlikely place: death row at San Quentin Prison in California. —Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025

Click here to sign up to get it in your inbox and check out the first edition. —Cate Martel, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025

The first edition of the event will be held in June, culminating at Fanatics Fest in New York City, where the company is planning a networking room for athletes and entertainers. —Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2025

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