successive editions

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meaningsofsuccessiveandedition

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successive
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səkˈses.ɪv/us
/səkˈses.ɪv/
happening one after the other without ...
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edition
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/ɪˈdɪʃ.ən/
a particular form in which a book, magazine, or newspaper ...
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Although the scope of the book has broadened with successive editions, the emphasis remains on structure contours for representing structural surfaces.
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I wonder, however, if a flow chart can capture the metamorphoses of texts as they pass through successive editions, translations, abridgments, and compilations.
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For any work of this type, there comes a time to start over again from scratch, rather than to update and modify in successive editions.
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His book is sure to find a place in our libraries, probably eventually in successive editions.
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Collins is a sound text, but apart from typography (now much improved) there has been little real change or innovation over twenty years or so of successive editions.
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They can also be used to control the match in difficulty between development and evaluation data, and to ensure a smooth transition in difficulty for successive editions of official tests.
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Four earlier amendments have been embodied in successive editions of the main form, since its original publication in 1942.
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Suppose a man has published a number of successive editions with material alterations.
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Successive editions have been recognised since 1869 as indispensable to accurate certification of sickness and of the causes of death.
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She was the third artist to have provided images for successive editions of the book, of which the first edition was released in 1972.
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Between successive editions, his translations were purged of residual and odd neologisms, adopting pure phonemic orthography, and helped define standard theatrical jargon.
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Peyron was the first person to win two successive editions of the race, and only the second to win twice.
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All successive editions (thirteen are known of in all, down to 1737) followed this text.
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It continued until 1971 because it was publishing successive editions (about 600 sheets published).
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Written in a very clear and simple style, it became a great favourite with students, and the production of successive editions occupied much of the author's time.
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These successive editions contained several new pieces.
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Some forms of instantiation are merely derivative, with the ideational and semantic content of the work remaining unchanged; these include simultaneous and successive editions, amplifications, and extractions.
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Morton's list of names was unnumbered and untitled in all editions although their order changed with successive editions.
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