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addition (ad DISH uhn) (noun)
1. A mathematical summation: In school, addition is usually taught before subtraction.
2. Inclusion or being part of a group: The addition of a baby to the household changed their lives.
3. Increase, enlargement, extra: The addition in cost over last year’s tuition is $500.
4. Annex, extension, adjunct: The addition to the town library will double its size.
2. Inclusion or being part of a group: The addition of a baby to the household changed their lives.
3. Increase, enlargement, extra: The addition in cost over last year’s tuition is $500.
4. Annex, extension, adjunct: The addition to the town library will double its size.
edition (i DISH uhn) (noun)
1. One of a number of printings of books and newspapers: The book was so popular that the publisher had to print a fifth edition.
2. The size, style, or form in which a book is published: The publisher also printed a smaller "pocket edition".
2. The size, style, or form in which a book is published: The publisher also printed a smaller "pocket edition".
The index was a new addition to the latest edition of the textbook.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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1. One of a number of printings of books and newspapers: "The book was so popular that the publisher had to print a fifth edition."
2. The size, style, or form in which a book is published: "The publisher also printed a smaller pocket edition."
2. The size, style, or form in which a book is published: "The publisher also printed a smaller pocket edition."
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dat-, dos-, dot-, dow-, don-, dit-
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(of all of those who were involved with the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, it was James Murray who made the greatest contributions)
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“edition”
The publication of a book that is produced on a grade of paper which is superior to that of a standard edition, more-or-less expensively bound, sometimes printed with special type, and often limited in number: There are times when the term deluxe edition is used merely as a selling attraction with little or no special qualities.
library edition
A set of books, published in a series, either by a single author or on the same subject and with the same size and format.
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libr-, libel +
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limited edition
An edition of a book, often specially printed and bound, of which only a set number are published.
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limit-, lim- +
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