-ed

¹

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

   he crossed the river.

-ed

²

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 ).

-ed

³

1. a suffix forming adjectives from nouns.

   bearded; monied; tender-hearted.

ed

⁴

[ed]

noun

Informal.

1. education.

   a course in driver's ed; adult ed.

Ed

⁵

[ed]

noun

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

ED

⁶

1. Department of Education.

2. Pathology.,  erectile dysfunction.

ed.

⁷

abbreviation

plural

eds ,

plural

eds .

1. edited.

2. edition.

3. editor.

4. education.

E.D.

⁸

abbreviation

1. Eastern Department.

2. election district.

3. ex dividend.

4. executive director.

ed.

¹

abbreviation

1. edited

2. edition

3. editor

-ed

²

suffix

1. forming the past tense of most English verbs

-ed

³

suffix

1. forming the past participle of most English verbs

-ed

⁴

suffix

1. possessing or having the characteristics of

   salaried; red-blooded

Word History and Origins

Origin of ed.¹

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

Origin of ed.²

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

Origin of ed.³

Middle English; Old English -ede

Origin of ed.⁴

By shortening

Word History and Origins

Origin of ed.¹

Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade

Origin of ed.²

Old English -ed, -od, -ad

Origin of ed.³

Old English -ede

Example Sentences

Guest: Ed Zitron, author of the newsletter Where’s Your Ed At and host of the podcast Better Offline.

From Slate

An attorney representing fired Bishop Montgomery High coach Ed Hodgkiss says in a statement his preliminary investigation indicates that an unidentified school official and others were trying “to create a team that could compete” with powers Mater Dei and St. John Bosco.

From Los Angeles Times

Now in its 13th year, the show been honoured by the Bafta and National Television Awards, and has spawned spin-offs including Gogglesprogs - a children's version - and Celebrity Gogglebox featuring the likes of Ed Sheeran, Joanna Lumley and Maya Jama.

From BBC

While it’s highly likely the wildly successful Conjuring Cinematic Universe will itself continue — whether via scary nun, creepy doll or some other cursed object — the story of Ed and Lorraine Warren has been thoroughly wrung dry at this point and there’s no juice left to squeeze, as demonstrated in the dirge that is this final movie.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead of worrying obsessively about offending some swing voter a year from now, perhaps they should, as Ed Kilgore writes in New York magazine, “begin thinking of the federal government not as turf to be defended to the last ditch but as territory occupied by a proto-fascist regime and take some pride in interrupting its operations until normalcy returns.”

From Salon