EDITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does edition mean? 

• EDITION (noun)
  The noun EDITION has 4 senses:

1. the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

2. all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time

3. an issue of a newspaper

4. something a little different from others of the same type

  Familiarity information: EDITION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EDITION (noun)

Sense 1

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 2

Meaning:

All of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings

Hypernyms ("edition" is a kind of...):

group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An issue of a newspaper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times

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:

Something a little different from others of the same type

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

edition; variant; variation; version

Context example:

the boy is a younger edition of his father

Hypernyms ("edition" is a kind of...):

type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)

 Context examples 

A term that refers to the staging of laryngeal carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Laryngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of laryngeal carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 6th edition.

(Laryngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v6 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

The third edition of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, published in 2000, used principally in tumor and cancer registries for coding the site (topography) and the histology (morphology) of neoplasms.

(International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of adrenal cortical carcinoma according to the European network for the study of adrenal tumors (ENSAT), 7th edition, 2009.

(Adrenal Cortex Carcinoma Overall ENSAT v7 Staging, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of lung carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Lung Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of fallopian tube carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 6th edition.

(Fallopian Tube Carcinoma by AJCC v6 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of fallopian tube carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Fallopian Tube Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of gallbladder carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Gallbladder Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

The second edition of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, published by the World Health Organization in 1992, and used for coding neoplasms between 1992 and 2000.

(International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Second Edition, NCI Thesaurus)

A term that refers to the staging of hypopharyngeal carcinoma according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7th edition.

(Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage, NCI Thesaurus)