text edition
Noun: A text edition is a book, specifically a textbook, that has been prepared and published for use in educational settings such as schools or colleges. It refers to a particular published version of such a work, often identified by an edition number indicating revisions or updates.
The term "text edition" is used to specify a particular published version of a textbook. It emphasizes the book's purpose for formal study and its status as one in a possible series of revised versions. - The library has both the first and the fifth text edition of that biology book. - Please ensure you purchase the correct text edition listed on the course syllabus.
- "Definitive text edition": Refers to an edition considered to be the most authoritative and complete version of a work, often prepared by scholars.
- The scholar spent years preparing the definitive text edition of the author's early novels.
- Textbook (n): A manual of instruction or a standard book in a branch of study. While "textbook" is the more common general term, "text edition" often specifies the particular version.
- The textbook is excellent, but make sure you get the latest text edition.
- Edition (n): The total number of copies of a book, newspaper, or other published material issued at one time, or a particular version of a text.
- The revised edition of the dictionary contains thousands of new entries.
- Textbook: A book used as a standard source of information on a particular subject for formal study.
- Coursebook: A book designed for use on a specific educational course.
- Schoolbook: A book for use in schools.
The term "text edition" specifically combines the idea of a text (for study) with a particular edition (a version or issue). It is important to distinguish it from a "trade edition," which is a version of a book intended for general public sale, not specifically for classroom use. The reference example clarifies that it is synonymous with a "textbook" in a specific published form (e.g., "tenth edition").
- a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
- his economics textbook is in its tenth edition
- the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy