Word Confusion: Addition versus Edition

Plural: additions

Plural for the noun: editions

Third person present verb: editions
Past tense or past participle: editioned
Present participle: editioning

• A person or thing added or joined, typically in order to improve something

The process or skill of calculating the total of two or more numbers or amounts

• [Mathematics] The process of combining matrices, vectors, or other quantities under specific rules to obtain their sum
• [Mathematics] The process of uniting two or more numbers into one sum, represented by the symbol +

The result of adding

A wing, room, etc., added to a building or abutting land added to real estate already owned

[Chemistry] A reaction in which two or more substances combine to form another compound

A particular form or version of a published text

• A particular version of a text that has been revised or created from a substantially new setting of type
• The format in which a literary work is published
• One of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc.
• An issue of a work identified by its format
• An issue of a work identified by its editor or publisher
• A person or thing that is compared to another as a copy to an original

The total number of copies of a book, newspaper, or other published material issued at one time and available to the public

A number of prints struck from one plate, usually at the same point in time

A particular version or instance of a regular program or broadcast

Verb, transitive:
To prepare (a book, manuscript, newspaper, program, film, etc.) for publication or for broadcasting etc., especially by correcting, altering, shortening, etc.

The roller coaster became much more popular after the addition of exciting music and amazing decorations.

You will find the coat a useful addition to your wardrobe.

Paintings and flowers make nice additions to any room.

She began with simple arithmetic: addition and then subtraction.

Vector addition is one of the most common vector operations that a student of physics must master.

It’s like you said, 2 + 2 = 4.

Members of the board were paid a small allowance in addition to their normal salary.

Recipes can be improved or made more flavorful by using additions such as spices.

That part of the house was an addition back in Edwardian days.

All addition reactions follow the same pattern (break a π bond, form two single bonds) ” (Ashenhurst).

Wow, that’s a first edition.

She had a one-volume edition of Shakespeare.

I found a leather-bound edition of Keats.

It’s the Oxford edition of Milton.

The building was a simpler edition of its namesake.

Variations occurred after some of the edition had already been published.

They released a limited edition of the popular print.

The Monday edition will be repeated on Wednesday afternoons.

It was the newest edition of a popular musical revue.

Verb, transitive:
The publisher editions the author’s work through topic, formatting, size, and materials.

Most are not editioned and some exist in fascinating, multiple states.

Finally, I’m talking to Reuters about editioning Young’s print.

We will focus on registration, mixing inks, and editioning a final print.