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latest issue

latest issue

10 2.1
The most recent copy of a magazine or newspaper
  • noun
translation icon : último número
  • Rosie spoke about her upcoming film Mad Max in the latest issue of Stylist magazine.

You know, I wrote in the last issue of the Wellington Letter three things you want to look for in your advisor, and if he doesn't have all three, find somebody else that does.

Examples

  • The results of this attempt were published in the latest issue of the Pediatrics journal.

    Blog text (8)
  • There is something about the latest issue of a periodical that makes it especially desirable.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Yesterday, I wrote about the latest issue of FOCUS news magazine here.

    Blog text (28)
  • Betty talked about the latest issue of Screen World.

  • The study was published in the latest issue of the Behavior and Information Technology journal.

    Blog text (30)
  • At the lockers before the English exam, someone shows me the latest issue of the school newspaper.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The findings appeared in the latest issue of the YoungMinds magazine, www.youngminds.org.uk.

    Academic text (2008)
  • First and most important, the latest issue of the state history journal, Idaho Yesterdays, is in print.

    Blog text (12)
  • There's an interesting article by Matt Cornell in the latest issue of the Australian literary journal Overland.

    Blog text (14)
  • Betty talked about the latest issue of Screen World.

Synonyms

edition
vslatest issue
724 2.5

A particular version of a book, newspaper, or magazine

refers instead to the most recent version released in a series
issue
vslatest issue
327 2.9

One copy of a magazine or newspaper

is the most recent such copy or release
number
vslatest issue
  • UK
95 4.7

A single issue of a magazine or journal

is specifically the newest copy among these in the series

How Recent

latest issue
10 2.1
new edition
11 3.0
back
15 2.8

Surface Forms

latest issue singular
latest issues plural

Morphology

latest + issue

The meaning 'the most recent edition' is directly and compositionally derived from 'latest' (newest) + 'issue' (a published edition). This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent noun phrase pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand.

Etymology

Latest issue paints a simple image: magazines coming off the press, and the copy just released sits on top. So latest, meaning 'newest', plus issue, meaning a released edition, together refer to the 'most recent' edition.