EDITION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • something a little different from others of the same type
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
    Hypernyms(s) edition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
    Hypernyms(s) edition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • an issue of a newspaper
    Usage Example(s)
    • he read it in yesterday’’s edition of the Times
    Hypernyms(s) edition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  4. Meaning
    • all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time
    Usage Example(s)
    • the first edition appeared in 1920
    • it was too late for the morning edition
    • they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings
    Hypernyms(s) edition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower