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ed

/ɛd/

ed noun: edition.

Noun (1)

ed (countable and uncountable, plural eds)

  1. edition
  2. editor
  3. education (uncountable)

Noun (2) capitalized: ED

ED (countable and uncountable, plural EDs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of erectile dysfunction.
    • “He’d brag about how he would crush ED medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night,” Mullin said.2024 November 16, Kristen Holmes, Lauren Fox, Pamela Brown, Jamie Gangel and Steve Contorno, “Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies”, in CNN
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of emergency department.
    Synonyms:
    A&E, ER
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of elimination diet.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of eating disorder.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of enhanced definition.

Phrase capitalized: ED

ED

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of existence doubtful.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: ED

ED

  1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Education Department.
    Synonyms:
    DOE

Noun (3) capitalized: ED

ED (usually uncountable, plural EDs)

  1. (abbreviation, usually) Abbreviation of ending theme (end title sequence).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ed

Ed (plural Eds)

  1. A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.
    • His first name was probably Steve or Ed. No, there were no more Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael.1989, Ann Beattie, Picturing Will, Random House, →ISBN, page 67
    • U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier...2022 June 7, “Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders”, in warren.senate.gov, archived from the original...

ed meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

ed in Hindi

एड

ed in Tamil

எட், ஈ. டி

ed in Marathi

एड

ed in Urdu

ایڈ, ای ڈی
More languagesFewer languages
ed in Bengali
এড
ed in Telugu
ఎడ్
ed in Malayalam
എഡ്
ed in Kannada
ಎಡ್
ed in Punjabi
ਐੱਡ
ed in Gujarati
એડ
ed in Odia
ଏଡ
ed in Nepali
एड
ed in Persian
ویر. vir.

Examples of ed in a sentence

  • I’m more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.
  • The restaurant 86ed us because we didn't fit the dress code.
  • He stole from me and snitched on me, so I 86ed him.

All 40 example sentences with ed

Synonyms of ed

Forms of ed

Noun
pluraleds
pluralEDs
Proper noun
pluralEds

Plural of ed: eds

Origin of ed

Shortening.

Borrowed from Japanese ED(エンディング) (endingu), from English ending.

Words formed from ed

Phrases with ed

Words that rhyme with ed

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about ed

What does ed mean?
Ed means edition.
What is ed in Hindi?
Ed in Hindi is एड. See Ed meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ed?
Ed can be a noun, a phrase or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ed?
Ed is pronounced /ɛd/.
What is the plural of ed?
The plural of ed is eds.

Words near ed in the dictionary

  1. eczematogens
  2. eczematoid
  3. eczematous
  4. eczemic
  5. ECZT
  6. ed
  7. ed-
  8. ed.
  9. Ed.D.
  10. ed/ad ratio
  11. Ed25519

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ed (page history and authors); ED (page history and authors); Ed (page history and authors); ed (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ed (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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