ed
noun
education.
ed
1 American
[ed]
/ ɛd /
noun
Informal.
Ed
2
American
[ed]
/ ɛd /
noun
ED
3
American
-ed
4
American
-ed
5
American
-ed
6
American
ed.
7
American
abbreviation
-
eds
plural, plural
-
edited.
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edition.
-
editor.
-
education.
E.D.
8
American
abbreviation
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Eastern Department.
-
election district.
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ex dividend.
-
executive director.
ed.
1
British
abbreviation
-
edited
-
edition
-
editor
-ed
2
British
suffix
-ed
3
British
suffix
-ed
4
British
suffix
Etymology
Origin of ed1
By shortening
Origin of -ed4
Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade; origin disputed
Origin of -ed5
Old English -ed, -od, -ad; origin disputed
Origin of -ed6
Middle English; Old English -ede
Example Sentences
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“They face some pretty formidable constraints,” said Barrett Taylor, who studies higher ed at the University of North Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
For all of the vicious debates over sex ed in the ’90 and 2000s, those pushing abstinence and those promoting comprehensive health education could largely agree on one thing: We wanted teen pregnancies to decrease.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
In higher ed, Friedman says, the argument for restriction or outright removal of educational materials is still nominally about protection.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Report ed new U.S. rules may require government permission for nearly all overseas sales of AI chips, impacting companies like Nvidia and AMD.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
—Chief of the Warraskoyacks, quoted in William Symonds, ed.,
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Any citizen who steps out of line risks the ire of an even dumber police force, riding around in cruisers that lift their design language from Ed Hardy clothing.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
In the Massachusetts Senate primary on Tuesday, 80-year-old Sen. Ed Markey, who was first sent to Washington the year Jimmy Carter won the presidency, handily defeated a primary challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Britain’s new foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has taken the U.K.’s governor seat at the World Bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
First broadcast in 1978, it featured the best of winter sports action, with Ed Leigh and Chemmy Alcott its most recent presenting team.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I don’t want no real bed. I’ve got a real bed,” Grandpa Ed says.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
EGS looks after patients who require general surgical assessment, diagnosis, or treatment in an unplanned way, often following presentation in the ED.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“The more anxiety there is in the college admissions process, the more desire there is to alleviate the pain early—and that’s what these ED systems do,” Beaton said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
It outlines monthly ED attendance times, performance against the DoH emergency care waiting time target for EDs, and key patient journey milestones including time to triage and start of treatment.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
The ED said Singh had been detained by the Uttar Pradesh state excise department in connection with the seizure of liquor exceeding permissible limits.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
He went to the ED and changed the rules.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
"It works as a visual token to remind us that, that word with -ed on the end, no matter how you're going to say it, puts that word into the past tense," Daryl said.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
In the same way that the suffix -ed indicates that you’re speaking about the past, shows “basic empathy” between texters, McWhorter argues.
From Slate ● May 2, 2013
Instead of having a literal meaning, it does something — conveying an attitude — just like the -ed ending conveys past tense rather than “meaning” anything. , of all things, is grammar.
From Time ● Apr. 25, 2013
They've kaizen-ed and -ed and -ed the jobs.
From BusinessWeek ● May 5, 2011
Maculate -ed: spotted or marked with figures of any shape, of a color different from the ground.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
“I went to Catholic school, so we didn’t really have sex ed. The only way you learned anything was in anatomy class,” Roers said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
In The Dialogues of Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, 3rd ed., vol 3.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
He has managed to find innovative ways to teach phy. ed., a class that many might think couldn’t be easily adapted to technology.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2020
Maiden Noir: Designed in Seattle and made in Japan, Nin Truong’s monochromatic drawstring pants, sweatshirts and shorts are appropriate for the upper echelons of an urban phys. ed. class.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2017
Quentin, his B’s in phys. ed. catching up with him, was the salutatorian, tied with Billy.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
“What I liked about Fox were the people,” E.D.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2024
For adults, regardless of age, vaccination reduced the risk of E.D. urgent care visits by almost half and reduced the risk of hospitalization by slightly more than a third.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2024
The best-known spokesperson for those who disagree is E.D.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
“If we know what types of diseases might be exacerbated on these days in kids, we can either prevent these diseases or when kids come into the E.D. clinicians are knowledgeable about what’s happening.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2022
The following Writers, among others, are preparing volumes for this Series:— Prof. E.D.
From Life of John Milton by Richard Garnett
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