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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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
And that long-term view is shared by Ed Clissold, the chief U.S. strategist at Ned Davis Research.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Built in 1928 by Gordon Kaufmann, and a gift from Edward Doheny to his son Ned and his family, the stately Tudor Revival was home to a horrific tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
This growing divergence between the two groups is starting to look like a real problem for the broader market, according to strategists at Ned Davis Research.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Nancy and Ned went to the same pediatrician.
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
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
But the members of N.E.D. specialize in something other than music.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2011
According to the N.E.D. the use of finical as a verb is a nonce word only found in this passage. p.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers
This passage is quoted in the N.E.D. p.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers
"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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