n.
Pronunciation: i- ' di-sh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin edition-, editio publication, edition, from edere to bring forth, publish, from e- + -dere to put or -dere (fr. dare to give) ― more at DO , DATE
Date: 1555
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