Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first edition

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: first edi-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first set of copies of a book printed from substantially the same setting of type.

Inflected Forms

first editions (plural)

Questions

What does first edition mean?: The first set of copies of a book printed from substantially the same setting of type.

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