ed: Meaning and Definition of

ed

Pronunciation: (ed), [key]
  1. education: a course in driver's ed; adult ed.

Ed

Pronunciation: (ed), [key]
  1. a male given name, form ofor

ED

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. See

ED50

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. effective dose for 50 percent of the group; the amount of a drug that is therapeutic in 50 percent of the persons or animals in which it is tested.

-ed

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs: he crossed the river.

-ed

Pronunciation: [key]
  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

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a suffix forming adjectives from nouns: bearded; monied; tender-hearted.

ed.

Pronunciation: [key]
— pl. eds. pl. eds.
  1. edited.
  2. edition.
  3. editor.
  4. education.

E.D.

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. Eastern Department.
  2. election district.
  3. ex dividend.
  4. executive director.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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  • ed (Thesaurus)