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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something a little different from others of the same type
Example:
the boy is a younger edition of his father
Synonyms:
edition; variant; variation; version
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("edition" is a kind of...):
type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)
Sense 2
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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An issue of a newspaper
Example:
he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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))
Sense 4
Meaning:
All of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
Example:
they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("edition" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Context examples:
A term that refers to the staging of colorectal carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.
(Colorectal Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)
The 3rd edition was published in 1980.
(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd Edition, NCI Thesaurus)
A term that refers to the staging of colon carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.
(Colon Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)
A Hartfield edition of Shakespeare would have a long note on that passage.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
A term that refers to the staging of hypopharyngeal carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 6th edition.
(Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v6 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)
A representation of a particular edition or snapshot of a document as it exists at a particular point in time.
(Document Version, NCI Thesaurus)
Over forty thousand copies have already been sold in the United States and Canada, and a new edition of twenty thousand is on the presses.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
One edition of jelly was trickled from pot to pot, another lay upon the floor, and a third was burning gaily on the stove.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A term that refers to the staging of penile carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.
(Penile Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)
A term that refers to the staging of penile carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 6th edition.
(Penile Carcinoma by AJCC v6 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)
