edition

noun

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

   noun.communication

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.group

   Examples

   The first edition appeared in 1920.

   It was too late for the morning edition.

   They issued a limited edition of Bach recordings.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. an issue of a newspaper

   noun.communication

   Examples

   He read it in yesterday's edition of the Times.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.cognition

   Examples

   The boy is a younger edition of his father.

   Synonyms variant variation version

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good <i>edition</i> of Chaucer; Chalmers' <i>edition</i> of Shakespeare.

   noun

   Source: webster1913