word-vault/dist/data/cards/ed/edition.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "edition",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the form in which a book, newspaper, etc. is published",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **paperback/hardback edition**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **print/online edition**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the online edition of ‘The Guardian’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a deluxe edition of Mark Twain's ‘Huckleberry Finn’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a facsimile edition of Dr Johnson's Dictionary of 1755"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["first", "second", "etc."],
                "verb + edition": ["bring out", "issue", "print"],
                "edition + verb": ["appear", "be out", "come out"],
                "preposition": ["in a… edition", "edition of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a version of a book or other text that is regularly revised",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A second edition appeared in 1824."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dictionary is now **in its tenth edition**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a revised/an updated/an expanded edition"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She worked on the previous edition of our Brazil guide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Later editions had a glossary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The passionate collector will go for early editions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have brought out an abridged edition of the encyclopedia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This edition features a new section on Chinese cooking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The encyclopedia will shortly be out in a revised edition."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a particular newspaper or magazine, or radio or television programme, especially one in a regular series",
            "sensetop": "in an edition of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Tonight's edition of ‘Panorama’ looks at unemployment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the November edition of ‘Vogue’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There will be a live edition of the show tomorrow night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The article appeared in the evening edition of ‘The Mercury’.",
                    "contextForm": "in an edition of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story was in Tuesday's edition of ‘The New York Times’."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["first", "second", "etc."],
                "verb + edition": ["bring out", "issue", "print"],
                "edition + verb": ["appear", "be out", "come out"],
                "preposition": ["in a… edition", "edition of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the total number of copies of a book, newspaper or magazine, etc. published at one time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was originally published in 1836 in an edition of 500 copies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sometimes only part of the edition is printed initially."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["first", "second", "etc."],
                "verb + edition": ["bring out", "issue", "print"],
                "edition + verb": ["appear", "be out", "come out"],
                "preposition": ["in a… edition", "edition of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈdɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ed/edition/edition__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈdɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ed/edition/edition__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French édition, from Latin editio(n-), from edere ‘put out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + dare ‘give’."
}