ed

¹ American  

[ed] / ɛd /

noun

Informal.

1. education.

   a course in driver's ed; adult ed.

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Ed ² American  

[ed] / ɛd /

noun

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

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ED ³ American  

1. Department of Education.

2. Pathology. erectile dysfunction.

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-ed ⁴ American  

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

   he crossed the river.

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-ed ⁵ 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 ⁶ American  

1. a suffix forming adjectives from nouns.

   bearded; monied; tender-hearted.

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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

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

“Rudy knew better. He had the ability to pivot from holding a colleague and younger scholar accountable to moving the focus to institutional racism in higher ed caused by the academic leadership. And the crowd of students, faculty and staff were ready for him.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sir Ed Davey says the Liberal Democrats would fix communities, not "divide" them, as he launched the party's campaign for England's local elections.

From BBC

Services including the NHS and policing also need repair, Sir Ed said, pledging to end 12-hour A&E waits, guarantee a GP appointment within seven days, and "restore" local policing.

From BBC

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband recently told the BBC that the lesson from the current crisis - which has seen the oil price rise by more than 30% - is "we need home-grown, clean power that we control".

From BBC

Effectively none of the company’s seat growth this year will be in the main cabin, Chief Executive Ed Bastian said.

From The Wall Street Journal