Ned
noun
a male given name, form of Edward.
Ned
1 American
[ned]
/ nɛd /
noun
N.E.D.
2
American
Or
NED
abbreviation
ned
British
/ nɛd /
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ned
C20: a shortened form of Edward
Example Sentences
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Ned Ludd was the fabled hero of the early-19th-century Luddites, who smashed stocking frames—knitting machines for socks—and burned factories to protest job-destroying technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, rising bond yields were helping to turn up the temperature on a market that is starting to look overextended based on historical trends, according to an analysis from Ned Davis Research.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
He has often talked about his great-grandfather Edmund "Ned" Burke who lived in Drogheda before emigrating with his family to Liverpool in the late 19th Century.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Consider the 14 bull markets over the last 50 years in the calendar maintained by Ned Davis Research.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ned repeated, a little slow on the uptake.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
But the members of N.E.D. specialize in something other than music.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2011
Having such far-flung bandmates comes with challenges, such as limited in-person rehearsal time and e-mail in-boxes stuffed with audio tracks, but N.E.D. is uniquely equipped for the challenge, Boggess said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2011
N.E.D. is scheduled to play at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh on Oct.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2011
The N.E.D. gives 'plēnary', but our grandfathers said 'plĕnary'.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by John Sargeaunt
The N.E.D. explains this as 'to run with brattling feet, to scamper'.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by John Sargeaunt
"We have systems in place to prevent that from happening and those haven’t worked so we ned to understand why and that might require some introspection from the industry."
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
“Nectere,” in turn, grew from the ancient Proto-Indo-European language root *ned — which also means “to bind.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
“He’s got to make better decisions, especially when we ned up falling out underneath the center on third and one,’’ McVay said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2018
“I ned halp darivar no stap car no oksijan in the car,” it read.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 19, 2017
I had heard of them, but nobody I knew ow ned one.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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