ed
noun
education.
ed
1 American
[ed]
/ ɛd /
noun
Informal.
Ed
2
American
[ed]
/ ɛd /
noun
ED
3
American
-ed
4
American
-ed
5
American
-ed
6
American
ed.
7
American
abbreviation
eds
plural, plural
-
edited.
-
edition.
-
editor.
-
education.
E.D.
8
American
abbreviation
-
Eastern Department.
-
election district.
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ex dividend.
-
executive director.
ed.
1
British
abbreviation
-
edited
-
edition
-
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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In higher ed, Friedman says, the argument for restriction or outright removal of educational materials is still nominally about protection.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
So first, let’s tease apart the American higher ed model, it’s a weird hybrid of the German Research Institute and the Oxford-Cambridge English Residential Training College.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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
"Do I have someone write an op ed?"
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
"I'm getting a lit tle sleep. I've want ed a lit tle sleep for a long time."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Ed Yardeni, economist and president of Yardeni Research, appeared broadly unfazed by Thursday’s pullback.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Mamdani touted his work under former Mayor Ed Koch helping build affordable housing, as well as his later work raising the minimum wage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Other shifts include Ed Miliband as foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper to the Department of Health, and Angela Rayner's reinstatement as Minister for Housing.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ed Miliband became foreign minister, Wes Streeting -- who abandoned plans to run against Burnham for the Labour leadership -- was named defence minister, and left-wing figurehead Angela Rayner returned to government.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
But Grandpa Ed is not just a reckless guardian with a madwoman on his hands.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
The Communication Workers Union agreed for Royal Mail to be bought by a Czech billionaire last April, with the new owners the ED Group promising to "put employees and customers at the heart of everything".
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
ED pressures in the UK are now recognised as a year-round crisis rather than just a seasonal winter issue, with high demand and overcrowding persisting throughout the summer months.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
The ED has alleged that the company received more than $666,000 in foreign remittances between 2021 and 2025 under the "garb" of consultancy fees.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
By contrast, unexposed neighborhoods experienced a decline in monthly ED visits over the same period.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2025
A staggering 250,000 patients came through the ED every year.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
"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
Contract -ed: to draw or drawn together: to reduce, or reduced in size by contraction.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
“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
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 considered going back to the E.D. but didn’t feel quite that sick.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
Then there is the knowledge-centered schooling: a common curriculum rich in knowledge about the world, as authenticated by E.D.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022
Much of the success of this enterprise is due to Livingstone's old comrade, Mr. E.D.
From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by Blaikie, William Garden
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