EDerectile dysfunction (previously referred to as impotent)Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary EmbreeEDabbr.1. effective dose2. election district3. erectile dysfunctioned  (?d)n. Informal Education: driver’s ed; adult ed.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.ed (?d) n. education: driver’s ed. [by shortening] ED 1. Department of Education. 2. effective dose. 3. erectile dysfunction. -ed1 , a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs: He crossed the river. [Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade; orig. disputed] -ed2 , 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). [Old English -ed, -od, -ad; orig. disputed] -ed3 , a suffix forming adjectives from nouns, typically specifying that the person or thing modified by the adjective possesses or is characterized by whatever is denoted by the noun base: bearded; diseased; layered. Such adjectives are often derived from adjective-noun or quantifier-noun phrases (black-haired ?having black hair?; three-headed ?having three heads?) or from more complex constructions (hourglass-shaped ?having the shape of an hourglass?). [Middle English; Old English -ede] ed. 1. edited. 2. pl. eds. edition. 3. pl. eds. editor. 4. education. E.D. election district. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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ed.abbr.1. edition2. editorAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.ed. abbreviation for pl edspl eds1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) edited2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) edition3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) editorCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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EDerectile dysfunction (previously referred to as impotent)Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary EmbreeEDabbr.1. effective dose2. election district3. erectile dysfunctioned  (?d)n. Informal Education: driver’s ed; adult ed.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.ed (?d) n. education: driver’s ed. [by shortening] ED 1. Department of Education. 2. effective dose. 3. erectile dysfunction. -ed1 , a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs: He crossed the river. [Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade; orig. disputed] -ed2 , 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). [Old English -ed, -od, -ad; orig. disputed] -ed3 , a suffix forming adjectives from nouns, typically specifying that the person or thing modified by the adjective possesses or is characterized by whatever is denoted by the noun base: bearded; diseased; layered. Such adjectives are often derived from adjective-noun or quantifier-noun phrases (black-haired ?having black hair?; three-headed ?having three heads?) or from more complex constructions (hourglass-shaped ?having the shape of an hourglass?). [Middle English; Old English -ede] ed. 1. edited. 2. pl. eds. edition. 3. pl. eds. editor. 4. education. E.D. election district. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Slashdot effect (?slæ??d?t) n (Computer Science) computing a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website[C21: from the symbols slash + dot, which are conventions of website addresses]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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-ed 1suff. Used to form the past tense of regular verbs: tasted.[Middle English -ede, from Old English -ade, -ede, -ode.]-ed 2suff. Used to form the past participle of regular verbs: absorbed.[Middle English, from Old English -ad, -ed, -od.]-ed 3suff. Having; characterized by; resembling: redheaded; strong-minded.[Middle English -ede, -de, from Old English -ed, -od.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ed suffix forming the past tense of most English verbs [Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade]-ed suffix forming the past participle of most English verbs [Old English -ed, -od, -ad]-ed suffix forming adjectives possessing or having the characteristics of: salaried; red-blooded. [Old English -ede]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ed (?d) n. education: driver’s ed. [by shortening] ED 1. Department of Education. 2. effective dose. 3. erectile dysfunction. -ed1 , a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs: He crossed the river. [Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade; orig. disputed] -ed2 , 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). [Old English -ed, -od, -ad; orig. disputed] -ed3 , a suffix forming adjectives from nouns, typically specifying that the person or thing modified by the adjective possesses or is characterized by whatever is denoted by the noun base: bearded; diseased; layered. Such adjectives are often derived from adjective-noun or quantifier-noun phrases (black-haired ?having black hair?; three-headed ?having three heads?) or from more complex constructions (hourglass-shaped ?having the shape of an hourglass?). [Middle English; Old English -ede] ed. 1. edited. 2. pl. eds. edition. 3. pl. eds. editor. 4. education. E.D. election district. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.