ed

Everyday

1. «Ed» is short for education: «PE» is physical education, «sex ed» means sex education, «special ed» special education (informal, US). tree →
2. «Ed.» or «ed.» is short for editor or edition in books: «3rd ed.», «ed. by». tree →
3. Ed is a boy's name, short for Edward, Edmund or Edwin (a name). tree →
4. «-ed» is the ending added to regular verbs to make the past tense: play → played. tree →

In the lessons

In school life «Ed» appears in phrases like «driver's ed» and «phys ed» (US, informal). In books and references, «ed.» tells you who edited a book or which edition it is. In grammar lessons, «-ed» marks the past: walked, jumped, wanted; it can sound like /t/ (jumped), /d/ (played) or /id/ (wanted). Phrases: «phys ed», «sex ed», «adult ed», «2nd ed.».

Examples

• We have phys ed on Fridays. (US, informal) tree →
• The book's second ed. has new pictures. tree →
• Ed. by means the person who edited the book. tree →
• My uncle Ed is a firefighter. tree →
• Add «-ed» to make the past tense: jump → jumped. tree →
• Older students take driver's ed before they drive. (US) tree →

Note

As an abbreviation it is informal or used in references; write «education», «editor», «edition» in full in essays. Capital E for the name. Trap: not all verbs take «-ed»: go → went, see → saw (irregular verbs).

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In the Tanakh "Ed" is not a word on its own; it appears only inside the place name Migdal-eder ("tower of the flock"). Micah uses it for the hill of Zion, which the tradition reads as the place where God's kingdom will be restored. In the primary lessons: In school life «Ed» appears in phrases like «driver's ed» and «phys ed» (US, informal). In books and references, «ed.» tells you who edited a book or which edition it is. In grammar lessons, «-ed» marks the past: walked, jumped, wanted; it can sound like /t/ (jumped), /d/ (played) or /id/ (wanted). Phrases: «phys ed», «sex ed», «adult ed», «2nd ed.».

Examples

• And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder. (Torah GEN.35.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• ") See -Alphabet of Ben Sira", ed. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• "When Abraham our father arose, he looked nnd saw and investigated and observed and engraved and hewed and combin- ed and formed and calculated, and his creation was successful. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• And thou, Migdal-eder, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come; yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. (Prophets MIC.4.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

As an abbreviation it is informal or used in references; write «education», «editor», «edition» in full in essays. Capital E for the name. Trap: not all verbs take «-ed»: go → went, see → saw (irregular verbs).