Spell Bee Word: edition

Basic Details

Word: Edition

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: One version of a book, newspaper or magazine printed at a particular time. It can also mean one round of a yearly event.

Synonyms: version, issue

Sounds like: addition (adding numbers together, or something added)

How to Spell Edition

Syllables: e - di - tion

Tricky part: It starts with e, not a, so it is not addition. The shun sound at the end is spelt tion, and there is only one d and one t.

Watch out for: edision, eddition, edittion

Memory tip: An editor edits an edition: all three start with e-d-i-t. Addition starts with add, as in maths.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The Sunday edition of the newspaper has a puzzle page.

Example 2: This year's edition of the book fair had over two hundred stalls.

Example 3: Dadaji keeps an old edition of Tagore's poems wrapped in cloth.

Fun Fact

A first edition of the first Harry Potter book is very valuable, because only 500 hardback copies were printed in 1997.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

edittion

a) o
b) i
c) d
d) t

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) manuscript
b) publisher
c) periodical
d) edision

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

edition

a) cover
b) version
c) author
d) reader

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who prepares a new edition of a book for printing?

a) a pilot
b) a chef
c) a plumber
d) an editor

2. Which sentence needs addition, not edition?

a) This is the tenth ____ of the music festival.
b) Five plus three is an easy sum of ____.
c) The morning ____ of the paper came late.
d) The latest ____ of the atlas has new maps.