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ed¹

  • /ɛd/

Rhymes with -ɛd

Where it comes from

Shortening.

noun eds

  1. countable, uncountable edition
  2. countable, uncountable editor You may perhaps be wondering why the film Stand by Me was chosen. Well, it's pretty obvious if you've got the hyperintelligence of a Tharunka ed.
  3. countable, uncountable education (uncountable)

Similar: educ.

ED²

noun EDs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of erectile dysfunction “He’d brag about how he would crush ED medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night,” Mullin said.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of emergency department

    Similar: A&E, ER

  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of elimination diet
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of eating disorder
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of enhanced definition

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of existence doubtful

proper noun

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Education Department

    Similar: DOE

ED³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese ED(エンディング) (endingu), from English ending.

noun EDs

  1. abbreviation, uncountable, usually Abbreviation of ending theme (end title sequence).

Ed⁴

  • /ɛd/

Sounds like ed · Rhymes with -ɛd

proper noun Eds

  1. A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-. His first name was probably Steve or Ed. No, there were no more Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: der, deen, deir, schooling, instruction, teaching, training, tuition, coaching, tutoring, learning, study, academia, scholarship, literacy, knowledge

noun

Similar: educ.

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noun emergency department

DeutschNA, ZNA
RomânăUPU

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@misc{ed_2026,
  title = {ed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}