ed
noun
education.
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ed
1 American
[ed]
/ ɛd /
noun
Informal.
Ed
2
American
[ed]
/ ɛd /
noun
ED
3
American
-ed
4
American
-ed
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American
-ed
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American
ed.
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American
abbreviation
-
eds
plural, plural
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edited.
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edition.
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editor.
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education.
E.D.
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American
abbreviation
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Eastern Department.
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election district.
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ex dividend.
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executive director.
ed.
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British
abbreviation
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edited
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edition
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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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FSD drives at least as well as Coach Vestal, my high-school driver’s ed teacher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 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
And I’m like, ‘Jamie, what are you talking about? I’m a special ed kid.’
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 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
“You’re going to have to earn the money for your driver’s ed class next year,” Dad said.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
"My main thing was to go see Ed Sheeran," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Will Ed Sheeran cancel his tour as support acts quit?
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Apolitical singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is on the defense since Monday when Seattle rapper Macklemore announced that he had been dropped from Sheeran’s “Loop” tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Plus, his music sucks, and most people would find it impossible that useful public discourse would ever emerge from an Ed Sheeran concert.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
There’s an emergency Skype meeting that night, after Grandpa Ed leaves to “get a little fresh air.”
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Consolidated Edison ED 0.58%increase; up pointing triangle reported higher profit in its second quarter, as revenue rose, helped by electric sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Daniel Magson, CEO of Derby-based eating disorder charity First Steps ED, says Emma's experience reflects a trend it is increasingly alarmed by.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
"I was one of the younger ones in the ED but being disabled was agony as I sat in this wheelchair for almost 12 hours before they moved me onto a trolley."
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 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
The moment we turned off on Good Hope Road, I noticed old posters still pasted to an abandoned building at the crossroads: “SAVE ED BOROUGH! It’s community! It’s home!”
From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson
"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 meantime, when a child wants to change a verb from present to past tense, he’ll likely apply the grammar rules he has learned for regular verbs, which involve adding -ed to the end.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2016
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
Unadulterate, -d, un-a-dul′te-rāt, -ed, adj. unmixed, pure, genuine.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
“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
In addition, I would like to see CPR/AED training offered as part of science, health, or physical ed. classes in high school.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2016
Quentin, his B’s in phys. ed. catching up with him, was the salutatorian, tied with Billy.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
That’s when the town was renamed from Nordhoff to Ojai and local leader E.D.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
You can learn more about the evolution of Fox & Friends, and hear directly from 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
He ended up in the E.D. a half-dozen times these past few months.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
The initials "E.D." were here surrounded by a Latin motto, "Semper idem."
From The Waif of the "Cynthia" by André Laurie
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