Ned

¹

[ned]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Edward.

N.E.D.

²

Or NED

abbreviation

1. New English Dictionary.

ned

/ nɛd /

noun

1. slang,  a young working-class male who dresses in casual sports clothes

Other Word Forms

• neddy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ned¹

C20: a shortened form of Edward

Example Sentences

If singles “I Can Do Better” and “N.E.D.” are any indication, that blend of genres, all wrapped in Thunderpussy’s signature “high kicks and hottt licks,” should be ever present on “West.”

From Seattle Times

After six months in a clinical trial, Mr. Shinn is now “N.E.D.,” he says — shorthand among cancer patients for “no evidence of disease.”

From New York Times

N.E.D. is a doctor’s old shorthand for remission.

From Forbes

But Jane Riley Jacobsen, a spokeswoman for the N.E.D., said the group had not financed civil disobedience training for Hong Kong residents.

From New York Times

The N.E.D. also hosted a briefing in Washington last April featuring two of Hong Kong’s most influential advocates of democracy in recent decades, Martin Lee and Anson Chan, who angered Chinese leadership by lobbying American politicians to support the democracy movement, an act that critics likened to inviting foreign intervention.

From New York Times