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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“This is Ukraine’s Black Sea,” said an officer in the elite combat force, who goes by the call sign Ned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
The seed of Stellantis’s bet on Wayve was sown on a test ride in London, when the technology wowed the carmaker’s chief technology officer, Ned Curic, with its humanlike way of edging into flowing traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Ned Dennehy and Packy Lee are set to reprise their roles from the series, and Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
“He might even get a new pair of shoes with the dollar he just won. That is, if this gentleman will give Ned his rightful winnings.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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
But the members of N.E.D. specialize in something other than music.
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
This passage is quoted in the N.E.D. p.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague
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 Summers, Montague
“Nectere,” in turn, grew from the ancient Proto-Indo-European language root *ned — which also means “to bind.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
"I don't think desire will be in doubt for City. We know the quality they have, they will ned a bit of luck obviously but are going to be very difficult to stop."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023
“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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