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“Addition” or “Edition”

addition / edition are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

addition ah·d·IH·sh·ah·n

  • nouna component that is added to something to improve it.
  • nounthe act of adding one thing to another.
  • nouna quantity that is added.
  • nouna suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area.

edition ah·d·IH·sh·ah·n

  • nounthe form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.
  • nounall of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time.
  • nounan issue of a newspaper.
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“addition”

  • In addition to general news outlets, there…
  • In addition to being part of a…
  • …on the other hand, in addition to his other qualities, was…
  • In addition, Bill Kolens (right tackle), Judd…
  • …labor of addressing, and in addition save time in preparing the…
  • In addition, he also picks up all…
  • In addition, Campbell wasted little time in…
  • In addition, Davis served the PBA in…
  • In addition to normal swimming pools there…
  • In addition, clashes with the Chinese-backed Türgesh,…

“edition”

  • …(otherwise known as a 'Western Edition") at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
  • In the 2014 edition of "America's Best Architecture &…
  • 6th edition (1974) was co-edited by Patricia…
  • …the nation in its annual edition of "America's Best Architecture &…
  • …August - the magazine Veja, edition 1919, dated 24 August, releases…
  • In the August 1983 edition of Dragon (Issue 76), Tony…
  • Sally Mann (2005), 21st Editions, South Dennis, MA (edition of
  • The 2015 edition of the race was won…
  • Online edition, prepared by Noel Holmgren of…
  • 7th printed edition, ed.

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