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

In the Houses of Parliament, Ed Davey, leader of the opposition Liberal Democrat Party, asked Prime Minister Keir Starmer whether “washed-up old footballers” and anyone else who had gone to Dubai to escape His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs should start contributing to the upkeep of Britain’s armed forces if they wished to board a government-financed flight out.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ed, who was among the 2016 presenters, said he felt he was helping those who were thinking about going to university at the time, but now feels one part of the script in particular seemed like a "sales tactic".

From BBC

Ed said he could see the example given in the script, which was accurate for Plan 2 loans taken out at the time, was designed to engage teenagers.

From BBC

Ed said he has struggled to afford his student loan repayments since moving to Australia in 2018.

From BBC

Unified School District chatbot — known as “Ed” — had been withdrawn from service.

From Los Angeles Times