edition

noun

edi·​tion i-ˈdi-shən 

1

a

: the form or version in which a text is published

a paperback edition

the German edition

b(1)

: the whole number of copies published at one time

(2)

: a usually special issue of a newspaper (as for a particular day or purpose)

Sunday edition

international edition

(3)

: one of the usually several issues of a newspaper in a single day

city edition

late edition

2

a

: one of the forms in which something is presented

this year's edition of the annual charity ball

b

: the whole number of articles of one style put out at one time

a limited edition of collectors' pieces

3

: copy, version

Examples of edition in a Sentence

the latest edition of the software

The errors were corrected in the book's second edition.

Recent Examples on the Web

Samuel Corum/Getty Images Vice President JD Vance will host a special edition of The Charlie Kirk Show on today, in honor of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University on September 10. —Amanda Castro hannah Parry shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

Most of these products have been reported to be in the works over the past few months; Gurman summarized them in the latest edition of the Power On newsletter. —PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025

Today’s edition of 5 Things PM was edited and produced by CNN’s Kimberly Richardson and Sarah Hutter. —Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025

A couple of teams desperate for a victory meet in next weekend’s edition of Sunday Night Football. —Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from Latin edition-, editio publication, edition, from edere to bring forth, publish, from e- + -dere to put or -dere (from dare to give) — more at do, date

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing edition

• co-edition
• first edition
• limited edition
• pocket edition
• text edition
• trade edition

Rhymes for edition

• addition
• admission
• ambition
• attrition
• audition
• clinician
• cognition
• coition
• commission
• condition
• contrition
• dentition

Kids Definition

edition

noun

edi·​tion i-ˈdish-ən 

1

: the form in which a book is published

an illustrated edition

2

: the whole number of copies printed or published at one time

a third edition

3

: one of the several issues of a newspaper for a single day

the late edition