-ed

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Pronunciation

• • (after a vowel or a voiced consonant other than a /d/) enPR: d, IPA: /d/
  • (after a voiceless consonant other than a /t/) enPR: t, IPA: /t/
  • (British) enPR: ĭd, IPA: /ɪd/
  • (America) enPR: ĭd, IPA: /ɪd/ or enPR: əd, IPA: /əd/
  • (AU) enPR: əd, IPA: /əd/

Suffix

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.

   pointed (as in He pointed at the dog.)

Suffix

1. Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.

   pointed (as in He has pointed at the dog.)

Suffix

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.

   pointed (as in A needle has a pointed end. - the end of a needle has a point.)

   horned (as in a horned antelope - an antelope possessing horns)

   Antonyms: -less

2. As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality.

   red-haired (having red hair)

   left-handed (having a left hand as more dexterous hand)

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