-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

plural

eds ,

plural

eds .

1. edited.

2. edition.

3. editor.

4. education.

E.D.

⁸

abbreviation

1. Eastern Department.

2. election district.

3. ex dividend.

4. executive director.

ed.

¹

abbreviation

1. edited

2. edition

3. editor

-ed

²

suffix

1. forming the past tense of most English verbs

-ed

³

suffix

1. forming the past participle of most English verbs

-ed

⁴

suffix

1. possessing or having the characteristics of

   salaried; red-blooded

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 -de, -ede, -ode, -ade

Origin of -ed²

Old English -ed, -od, -ad

Origin of -ed³

Old English -ede

Example Sentences

Congrats to Coach Ed and the rest of the girls for bringing one HOME!

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Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist of Yardeni Research, sees that figure rising to $350 a share by the end of next year on bets that, “AI will deliver on the promise of boosting the productivity and earnings of companies that are the customers of the cloud providers.”

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One author who went for the opt-out contract addendum with Johns Hopkins Press shared the resultant language with Inside Higher Ed; it warned that “sales and reach” of their work might suffer due to the A.I. opt-out.

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Builders of the conservative movement like Heritage’s Ed Feulner knew that.

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Unease about royal behaviour had spread way beyond regular critics of the monarchy – Robert Jenrick and Sir Ed Davey bringing it up "sent shockwaves".

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