EDITION
Dictionary entry overview: What does edition mean?
• EDITION (noun)
The noun EDITION has 4 senses:
1. the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
2. all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
3. an issue of a newspaper
4. something a little different from others of the same type
Familiarity information: EDITION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• EDITION (noun)
Meaning:
The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("edition" is a kind of...):
impression; printing (all the copies of a work printed at one time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "edition"):
limited edition (an edition that is restricted to a specific number of copies)
variorum; variorum edition (an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors)
Meaning:
All of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context examples:
the first edition appeared in 1920 / it was too late for the morning edition / they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings
Hypernyms ("edition" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Meaning:
An issue of a newspaper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times
Hypernyms ("edition" is a kind of...):
issue; number (one of a series published periodically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "edition"):
extra (an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis))
Meaning:
Something a little different from others of the same type
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
version; edition; variant; variation
Context examples:
an experimental version of the night fighter / a variant of the same word / an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone / the boy is a younger edition of his father
Hypernyms ("edition" is a kind of...):
type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)
