-d

suffix

An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional -ed in the past tense.

“bone → boned, pirouette → pirouetted, learn → learnd”

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Meanings

suffix
  1. alternativeAlternative form of -ed now only standard with words which end in -e, but historically permissible in most of the same places as -ed.

    bone → boned, pirouette → pirouetted, learn → learnd

  2. An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional -ed in the past tense.

    damn → damnd (→ damnded), drown → drownd (→ drownded)

  3. Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "second" or "third"

    2d grade; 23d century

    Synonyms: -nd, -rd

Synonyms & antonyms

suffixMarks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "second" or "third"

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-nd-rd
Cite this entry
APA

-d. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-d

MLA

“-d.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-d. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-d,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-d.

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