definitive edition
The authoritative release
A definitive edition is the authoritative version of a work—the one meant to supersede all others.
For books, it typically incorporates the author's final revisions and corrections: the definitive edition of Joyce's Ulysses.
For video games, it bundles the base game with all expansions and updates into a single package marketed as the complete experience.
- ultimateHighest or most extreme
- collector'sBelonging to a gatherer
- collector's itemObject valued for rarity
- remasteredRe-enhanced for quality
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
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- Remastering termsdigital transfer, upscaling, reissue, re-release, director's cut
- anthologiesanthology, anthologies, collection, poetry collection, compilation
- authorshipauthorship, author bio, byline, attributed, credited
- bibliographybibliography, annotated bibliography, bibliographers, bibliographies, citations
- Book featuresintroduction, preface, glossary, index, bibliography
definitive editionrough draft
Unpolished first attempt
first draft · working draft · work in progress · beta version · rough cut
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