-ed

¹

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

   he crossed the river.

-ed

²

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 ).

-ed

³

1. a suffix forming adjectives from nouns:

   bearded; monied; tender-hearted.

ed

⁴

[ ed ]

noun

, Informal.

1. education:

   a course in driver's ed; adult ed.

Ed

⁵

[ ed ]

noun

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

ED

⁶

1. Department of Education.
2. Pathology. erectile dysfunction.

ed.

⁷

abbreviation for

plural: edsplural: eds

1. edited.
2. plural eds edition.
3. plural eds editor.
4. education.

E.D.

⁸

abbreviation for

1. Eastern Department.
2. election district.
3. ex dividend.
4. executive director.

ed.

¹

abbreviation for

1. edited
2. eds edition
3. eds editor

-ed

²

suffix forming adjectives

1. possessing or having the characteristics of

   salaried; red-blooded

-ed

³

suffix

1. forming the past participle of most English verbs

-ed

⁴

suffix

1. forming the past tense of most English verbs

Word History and Origins

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ed¹

Old English -ede

Origin of -ed²

Old English -ed, -od, -ad

Origin of -ed³

Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade

Example Sentences

Ed Brooke, the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction, embraced fights with the left and right.

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Cocker became an international star in the late 1960s, showing up everywhere from Woodstock to The Ed Sullivan Show.

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I like all of them, in a way, but I like Scissorhands and Ed Wood.

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But, yeah, Beetlejuice, Scissorhands, and Ed Wood are my favorites.

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Gays have won, Mr. Barron said in his op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Christians are now “outlaws” and “martyrs.”

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By way of example, compare 'The bysschop weop for 'ermyng'; King Alisaunder, ed.

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O Jakobowski many tears you'll shed man,You lost your money when you lost your 'Ed-man!

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If I'd a boiled beetroot face like you, I'd never show my 'ed in a public room again.

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He also quotes the expression 'grans danses et grans karolles' from Froissart, ed.

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See the long account of this in the Knight de la Tour Landry, ed.

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