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GED^¹

noun GEDs · G.E.D.

US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of general education degree/diploma
US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of General Educational Development He’d had the thought of getting his GED in the back of his mind for a while.

ged^²

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From Middle English gedde, from Old Norse gedda (“pike”), cognate with Icelandic gedda (“pike”), Danish gedde (“pike”).

noun geds

UK, dialectal The pike or luce.
Scotland A greedy person He's a perfect ged for silver.

Ged^³

proper noun

A diminutive of the male given name Gerard. Television actor Will Mellor has come a surprise second in the World Gurning Championships, pipped to the main prize by local man Ged Eccles who had come close but never before won.

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Closest in meaning: edm, edms, on-line, certificate, gad, esb, fumiko, cees, erms, goc, gol, lancegay, pockwood, lade, lyke, pize

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@misc{ged_2026,
  title = {ged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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