Meaning

Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant..

Definitions by Sense

1. Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.
2. Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.
3. Used to form possessional adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.
4. As an extension of the above, used to form possessional adjectives from adjective-noun pairs.

Example Sentences

live + -ed → lived

Once upon a time a little princess lived with her mother in a lonely castle.

Jose phoned five minutes ago.

point + -ed → pointed

He has pointed at the dog.

There's the abandoned mineshaft.

Refused entry to the club, I walked back home.

horn + -ed → horned

Word Forms

• -d
• -'d
• -èd

Antonyms for -ed

When Should You Use -ed?

Use -ed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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