Standard Lemma guide

ed

name · noun · phrase · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛd/
  • rhymes with -ɛd
  • homophone: ed
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Education Department.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: DOE

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

edition

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

editor

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

education (uncountable)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of erectile dysfunction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of emergency department.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: A&E, ER

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of elimination diet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Initialism of eating disorder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Initialism of enhanced definition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: broadcasting, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Abbreviation of ending theme (end title sequence).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually

Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

phrase

Meaning 12

Initialism of existence doubtful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: impotence, impotency, dysfunction, disfunction

History

Etymology

Shortening.

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

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: (editie) ed. — edition
  • Finnish: p. — edition
  • Finnish: pain. (painos) — edition
  • Dutch: (redactie) red. — editor
  • Finnish: (toimittaja) toim. — editor
  • Persian: ویر. (vir.) — editor
  • Dutch: SEH — emergency department
  • German: NA — emergency department
  • German: ZNA — emergency department
  • Hungarian: SBO — emergency department
  • Polish: SOR — emergency department
  • Romanian: UPU — emergency department