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ed: Meaning and Definition of
ed
Pronunciation: (ed), [key]
education: a course in driver's ed; adult ed.
Ed
Pronunciation: (ed), [key]
a male given name, form ofor
ED
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ED50
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
a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs: he crossed the river.
-ed
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
a suffix forming adjectives from nouns: bearded; monied; tender-hearted.
ed.
— pl. eds. pl. eds.
edited.
edition.
editor.
education.
E.D.
Eastern Department.
election district.
ex dividend.
executive director.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.