nd

nd is the abbreviation of and.

Meaning of and

Conjunction

and

Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […]c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce...
Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
- When she saw several boys carrying a huge wooden case full of porcelain, she mumbled to Jinming that she was going to have a look, and left the room.1991, Jung Chang, Wild Swans
Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
- I'd been walking since sunrise, and I was hungry.
(obsolete) Yet; but.
- Hee said, I goe sir, and went not.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew XXII
Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes.
- Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address_(Bliss_copy)), near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN, Bliss copy, page 1
(colloquial, literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
- And these does she apply, for warnings and portents, / And euils imminent; and on her knee / Hath begg'd, that I will stay at home to day.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Proper noun capitalized: ND

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of North Dakota: a state of the United States.
(Greek, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of New Democracy.

Noun capitalized: ND

ND (plural NDs)

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of negligent discharge (accidental firing of a weapon).
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of naturopathic doctor (a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, an academic degree and title in naturopathic medicine).
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of navigation display.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of natural disaster.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of non-derivative.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of neurodivergence.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of National Democrats.

Adjective capitalized: ND

ND (not comparable)

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of neurodivergent.

Prepositional phrase capitalized: ND

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of near death.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of no data (used to indicate where information was not available, especially in tables, rather than leaving a blank).

Forms of nd

Proper noun
alternative form	N.D.
alternative form	N. D.
Noun
plural	NDs

Words formed from nd

NDE
NDer

Questions about nd

What is nd the abbreviation of?: Nd is the abbreviation of and.
What part of speech is nd?: Nd can be a proper noun, a noun, an adjective or a prepositional phrase.

Words near nd in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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