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

With one week officially in the books, here is the first edition of the Newsweek Sports MLB Power Rankings for the 2025 season, starting with the reigning World Series champions and the team many believed to be the second-best team in baseball last year in the top two spots. —Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025

The first edition of the TONO festival had over 30 artists and collectives showing across eight museums and music venues in the city. —Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 31 Mar. 2025

The first edition of that venture is called Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy, and will be hosted by Brian Buckmire; The second edition, called What Happened to Holly Bobo?, will come later this spring and feature Eva Pilgrim exploring the 2011 disappearance of Holly Bobo. —Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025

Like its first edition in 1951 – a year in which East-West tensions were high over the future of Berlin and the Korean War – the 75th Berlinale, running from February 13 to 23, has also unfolded in tumultuous times. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 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