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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

plural

eds,

plural

eds

  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

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-ed 2 British  

suffix

  1. forming the past tense of most English verbs

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-ed 3 British  

suffix

  1. forming the past participle of most English verbs

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-ed 4 British  

suffix

  1. possessing or having the characteristics of

    salaried; red-blooded
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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

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Carvalho touted Ed as an AI-enhanced student advisor that was to be a component of a unique Individual Acceleration Plan, or IAP, for every student.

From Los Angeles Times

Ed Forst, the top official at the General Services Administration, a procurement arm of the federal government, in recent months sounded an alarm with White House officials about potential safety issues with Grok, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alberto Carvalho introduced “Ed” the AI chatbot amid fanfare in March 2024, touting a revolutionary tool that would put the district at the leading edge of school technology.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, the deal to bring Ed to the nation’s second-largest school district — and Carvalho’s longtime association with Debra Kerr, the Florida consultant who helped sell the technology to the district — is under scrutiny as part of a sweeping FBI investigation that included early morning raids Wednesday at Carvalho’s San Pedro home and district office and a home owned by Kerr.

From Los Angeles Times

In his mind, this goal soon became married to the concept of artificial intelligence and an accessible interface that was to become Ed.

From Los Angeles Times

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