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   edition

   /ɪˈdɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a particular form or version of a published text: "a paperback edition"
   • ▪ a particular version of a text maintained by regular revision: "a first edition"
   • ▪ a person or thing that is compared to another as a copy to an original: "the building was a simpler edition of its namesake"
   • 2. the total number of copies of a book, newspaper, or other published material issued at one time: "variations occurred after some of the edition had already been published"
   • 3. a particular instance of a regular radio or television programme: "the Monday edition will be repeated on Wednesdays"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French édition, from Latin editio(n-), from edere ‘put out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + dare ‘give’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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