-ed

¹ American  

1. a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs.

   he crossed the river.

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-ed ² 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 ³ American  

1. a suffix forming adjectives from nouns.

   bearded; monied; tender-hearted.

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ed ⁴ American  

[ed] / ɛd /

noun

Informal.

1. education.

   a course in driver's ed; adult ed.

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Ed ⁵ American  

[ed] / ɛd /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Edgar or Edward.

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ED ⁶ American  

1. Department of Education.

2. Pathology. erectile dysfunction.

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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

Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade; origin disputed

Origin of -ed²

Old English -ed, -od, -ad; origin disputed

Origin of -ed³

Middle English; Old English -ede

Origin of ed⁴

By shortening

Example Sentences

Ed Jeige, a 67-year-old retired advertising salesman from Canada, said he has taken 70 mainstream cruises and said he eventually tired of the waterslides, screaming children and “lounge hogs” parking themselves on coveted tanning chairs for hours on end.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prof Ed Galea, one of the world's leading experts on fire and the way people react to it, explains how heat coming from the flammable foam acoustic panels covering the ceiling in The Station nightclub fire made the situation much worse.

From BBC

Maria Chenery-Woods, 56, and her husband Mark Woods were sentenced in 2024 after their Norfolk-based business, TQ Tickets Ltd, was found to have used dozens of identities to buy tickets for acts such as Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga - before reselling them online, often at highly inflated prices.

From BBC

During the trial, the jury heard statements from Ed Sheeran's manager Stuart Camp and promoter Stuart Galbraith, who described the "extensive measures" they went to in a bid to prevent the re-selling of tickets at inflated prices for the singer's 2018 UK stadium tour.

From BBC

While Ed Al-Hussainy, a portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle, says the additional spread is “so fantastic” for fund managers mandated to buy investment-grade bonds, he is looking elsewhere, particularly at mortgage-backed securities issued by the likes of Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac.

From Barron's