-ed

¹ American  

1. a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs.

   he crossed the river.

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-ed ² American  

1. a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river ), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting from the action of the verb (inflated balloons ).

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-ed ³ American  

1. a suffix forming adjectives from nouns.

   bearded; monied; tender-hearted.

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ed ⁴ American  

[ed] / ɛd /

noun

Informal.

1. education.

   a course in driver's ed; adult ed.

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Ed ⁵ American  

[ed] / ɛd /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Edgar or Edward.

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ED ⁶ American  

1. Department of Education.

2. Pathology. erectile dysfunction.

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ed. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

plural

eds,

plural

eds

1. edited.

2. edition.

3. editor.

4. education.

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E.D. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. Eastern Department.

2. election district.

3. ex dividend.

4. executive director.

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ed. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. edited

2. edition

3. editor

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-ed ² British  

suffix

1. forming the past tense of most English verbs

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-ed ³ British  

suffix

1. forming the past participle of most English verbs

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-ed ⁴ British  

suffix

1. possessing or having the characteristics of

   salaried; red-blooded

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Etymology

Origin of -ed¹

Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade; origin disputed

Origin of -ed²

Old English -ed, -od, -ad; origin disputed

Origin of -ed³

Middle English; Old English -ede

Origin of ed⁴

By shortening

Example Sentences

“Investors are so jittery about the implications of AI, both good and bad,” said Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ed Miliband has been urged to explain whether a planned boom in energy-hungry data centres have been factored into his plans to deliver net zero carbon emissions.

From BBC

Sir Jim made the comments during an interview with Sky News' economic editor Ed Conway, on the fringes of the European Industry Summit in Antwerp, Belgium.

From BBC

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey described Sir Jim's comments as "totally wrong" and "totally out of step with British values", also calling on him to apologise.

From BBC

For now, the agency still has high-profile acts including Coldplay, Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran on its roster.

From Los Angeles Times