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ed

1 American  
[ed] / ɛd /

noun

Informal.

  1. education.

    a course in driver's ed; adult ed.
Ed 2 American  
[ed] / ɛd /

noun

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

ED 3 American  

  1. Department of Education.

  2. Pathology. erectile dysfunction.

-ed 4 American  

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

    he crossed the river.
-ed 5 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 ).

-ed 6 American  

  1. a suffix forming adjectives from nouns.

    bearded; monied; tender-hearted.
ed. 7 American  

abbreviation

eds plural, plural

  1. edited.

  2. edition.

  3. editor.

  4. education.

E.D. 8 American  

abbreviation

  1. Eastern Department.

  2. election district.

  3. ex dividend.

  4. executive director.

ed. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. edited

  2. edition

  3. editor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
-ed 2 British  

suffix

  1. forming the past tense of most English verbs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
-ed 3 British  

suffix

  1. forming the past participle of most English verbs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
-ed 4 British  

suffix

  1. possessing or having the characteristics of

    salaried; red-blooded
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ed1

By shortening

Origin of -ed4

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

Origin of -ed5

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

Origin of -ed6

Middle English; Old English -ede

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“My high-school counselor was also my football coach and my driver’s ed teacher. He was a great guy but he wasn’t aware of the opportunities out there.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Report ed new U.S. rules may require government permission for nearly all overseas sales of AI chips, impacting companies like Nvidia and AMD.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

"Do I have someone write an op ed?"

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

The vibe was relaxed and inclusive: phys ed class with your favorite teacher who’s been at the school forever.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

“It hasn’t expanded this far out yet, but by the time you two take flyer’s ed and get flyer’s licenses, there should be several hover lanes operational in this part of the country.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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