The meaning of EDITION is the form or version in which a text is published. How to use edition in a sentence.

EDITION meaning: 1. a particular form in which a book, magazine, or newspaper is published: 2. a single broadcast…. Learn more.

The entire number of like or identical items issued or produced as a set: a limited edition of early jazz recordings; a signed edition of a group of lithographs.

An edition is a particular version of a book, magazine, or newspaper that is printed at one time. A paperback edition is now available at bookshops.

There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun edition, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

one of a series of printings of a book, newspaper, etc., produced at one time and differing from another by changes, additions, etc.: the afternoon edition of the paper.

Dec 15, 2025 · Noun [edit] edition (plural editions) (publishing) A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.