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ed.

ed. is the abbreviation of edited or edited by.

ed. is the abbreviation of educated.

ed. is the abbreviation of education.

ed. is the abbreviation of edition.

ed. is the abbreviation of editor.

Meaning of educated

Adjective

educated (comparative more educated, superlative most educated)

  1. Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.
  2. Based on relevant information.
    • an educated guess
  3. Knowledgeable.
    • She cast an educated eye over the antiques.

Meaning of education

Noun

education (countable and uncountable, plural educations)

  1. (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
    • For though education, in the true sense of the word, is necessary to excellence, yet a question still lies open, What is education? Is it certain old rules of thinking which require to be forced on the individual by others, more particularly than those which, by the exercise of his own faculties...1881, John Younger, “Introductory Chapter”, in Autobiography of John Younger, Shoemaker, St. Boswells, Kelso, Scotland: J. & J.H. Rutherfurd, page xii
  2. (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
    • Nuh-nuh-doin'-duh... Nuh-nuh-doin'-duh... We don't need no education...
      Yes, you do. You've just used a double negative.2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4
  3. (archaic) Upbringing, rearing.
    • I found them [my children] all I could wish and progressing rapidly under the truly maternal care of the kind Sisters who cared for their education.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 23

Proper noun capitalized: Ed.

Ed.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Edinburgh.

Noun capitalized: Ed.

Ed. (plural Edd.)

  1. (abbreviation, titular) Abbreviation of Editor.

Forms of ed.

pluraledd.
pluralEdd.

Words formed from ed.

Questions about ed.

What is ed. the abbreviation of?
Ed. is the abbreviation of edited or edited by.
What part of speech is ed.?
Ed. can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near ed. in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ed. (page history and authors); Ed. (page history and authors); educated (page history and authors); education (page history and authors). 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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