| Noun | 1. | edition - the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is publishedprinting, impression - all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" limited edition - an edition that is restricted to a specific number of copies | |
| 2. | edition - all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time; "the first edition appeared in 1920"; "it was too late for the morning edition"; "they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings"group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | |
| 3. | edition - an issue of a newspaper; "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times"issue, number - one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waitingroom" extra - an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis) | |
| 4. | edition - something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "an emery wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?" | |