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-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. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


-ed

2

suffix forming adjectives

  1. possessing or having the characteristics of

    salaried; red-blooded

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-ed

3

suffix

  1. forming the past participle of most English verbs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-ed

4

suffix

  1. forming the past tense of most English verbs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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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
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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