ed

plural eds

1. countableuncountableedition
2. countableuncountableeditor

   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.

   1987 June 2, Tharunka, Kensington, page 16, column 1

3. countableuncountableeducation (uncountable)

plural EDs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism 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.

   2024 November 16, Kristen Holmes, Lauren Fox, Pamela Brown, Jamie Gangel and Steve Contorno, “Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies”, in CNN

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of emergency department.

   Synonyms: A&E, ER

3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of elimination diet.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of eating disorder.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of enhanced definition.

1. abbreviationinitialismcartographyInitialism of existence doubtful.

1. USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Education Department.

   Synonyms: DOE

plural EDs

1. abbreviationuncountableusuallybroadcastingAbbreviation of ending theme (end title sequence).

plural Eds

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

   Singer Ed Sheeran is facing the biggest controversy of his career after a storm over a decision to drop support act Macklemore from his US stadium tour following the rapper's on-stage pro-Palestinian comments.

   2026 September 16, Mark Savage, “How being music's Mr Nice Guy contributed to biggest crisis of Ed Sheeran's career”, in BBC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2026

   2 more examples

   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.

   1989, Ann Beattie, Picturing Will, Random House, →ISBN, page 67

   U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use its authority to deschedule cannabis and pardon non-violent cannabis-related offenders.

   2022 June 7, “Senators Warren, Sanders, Markey, and Gillibrand Urge Administration to Deschedule Cannabis and Pardon Nonviolent Cannabis Offenders”, in warren.senate.gov, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2022