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wd

wd is the abbreviation of well done.

wd is the abbreviation of withdrew.

wd is the abbreviation of would.

wd is the abbreviation of with the.

Meaning of well done

Interjection

  1. An exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement.
    • Well done, John. Here's a biscuit for you.

See all 4 meanings of well done

Meaning of would

Verb

would

  1. (auxiliary) Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
    • On my first day at University, I met the woman who would become my wife.
  2. (auxiliary) Used to, did repeatedly, habitually; indicates an action that happened several times in the past (cannot describe continuous states, as in I used to live in London)
    • When we were younger, we would cycle out to the beach most summer Sundays.
    Synonyms:
    used to
  3. (auxiliary) Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something.
    • I asked her to stay in with me, but she would go out.
  4. (archaic, auxiliary) Wanted to.
    • And thenne at laste a-nother sayd that he wolde have eyren. Then the good wyf sayd that she understod hym wel.1490, William Caxton, Prologue to Eneydos
  5. (archaic, auxiliary) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
    • At which time he told me, he would to London that week, and so to Oxford.1694, John Strype, Memorials of The Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer, Appendix page 68
  6. (auxiliary, obsolete) Wished, desired (something).

See all 16 meanings of would

Noun (1) capitalized: WD

WD (plural WDs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of white dwarf.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of wheel drive.
    • 4WD
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of wing defence.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of working draft

Proper noun capitalized: WD

WD

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Wikidata.

Noun (2) capitalized: Wd

Wd

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Wednesday.

Forms of wd

pluralWDs

Questions about wd

What is wd the abbreviation of?
Wd is the abbreviation of well done.
What part of speech is wd?
Wd can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of wd?
The plural of wd is WDs.

Words near wd in the dictionary

  1. WCS
  2. WCSes
  3. WCSs
  4. WCTU
  5. WCW
  6. wd
  7. WD-40
  8. WDA
  9. WDARN
  10. WDC
  11. WDCs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wd (page history and authors); WD (page history and authors); Wd (page history and authors); well done (page history and authors); would (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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