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"NED" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rich guard", "a blessed guard". |
Date "NED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
"NED" is a common misspelling or typo for: end, kneed, med, need, nerd, net, new, nod. |
Crosswords: NED |
| Specialty definitions using "NED": Luddites ♦ Mumpers ♦ Nunation ♦ RUM NED. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "NED" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (down, underneath), Norwegian (below, down, downstairs, underneath), Swedish (down, underneath). |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
NED | English | Neutron detector | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ned Ryerson? (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) I seen 'em, Ned, I seen the angel of death, he's got snake eyes. (Unforgiven; writing credit: Walon Green; Roy N. Sickner) Congratulations Ned, you are our new town crier. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I don't remember any Ned Pepper! (True Grit; writing credit: Charles Portis; Marguerite Roberts) C'mon Ned! We have to get our asses to the bookie! (South Park; writing credit: Rocco Siffredi) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ned (2003) Op og ned langs kysten (1950) Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928) | |
Song Titles | From A Jack To A King (performing artist: Ned Miller) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Ned Williamson. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Ned Hanlon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Ned Bligh. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Ned Hinds, Eden Mills, Vermont. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | "Bucking Bronco." Ned Coy, a famous Dakota cowboy, starts out for the cattle round-up with his pet "Boy Dick.". Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Ned Morris residence. Back yard of Ned Morris house. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Stop skatte -- nu, ogsaa ned med skatterne : Danmarks retsforbund. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Det drejer sig om skatterne ned : x E, Retsforbundet. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Selvangivelsen har faet en, make op' men det var skatterne der skulle ned : Retsforbundet har vist vegen til lavere skatte ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Stop grundspekulationen, inflationen og bureaukratiet : ned med renten og skatterne, op med real-lonnen ... Retsforbundet ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | And little Ned Plantagenet, his son? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Jamaica | Among the main operating shipping lines are Zim, Evergreen, Maersk, Jamaica Producers, Happag Lloyd, Ned Lloyd and Kent lines. (references) |
Trade | Czech Rep | Ned Cabot, Regional Director, tel.: (703) 875-4357; fax: (703) 875-4009, e-mail: info@tda.gov. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "NED" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.57% of the time. "NED" is used about 233 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.57% | 232 | 19,713 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.43% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 233 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "NED" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ned | First name Male | 12,000 | 624 |
| Ned | Last name | 1,000 | 16,804 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "NED" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rich guard", "a blessed guard". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "NED." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Ed | Male | English | Edward |
| Eddie | Male, Female | English | Edward |
| Eddy | Male | English | Edward |
| Edison | Male | English | Edward |
| Edward | Male | English | N/A |
| Ewart | Male | English | Edward |
| Ned | Male | English | Edward |
| Ted | Male | English | Edward |
| Teddy | Male | English | Edward |
| Eetu | Male | Finnish | Edward |
| Édouard | Male | French | Edward |
| Eduard | Male | German | Edward |
| Ekewaka | Male | Hawaiian | Edward |
| Edvard | Male | Hungarian | Edward |
| Eadbhárd | Male | Irish | Edward |
| Edoardo | Male | Italian | Edward |
| Edward | Male | Polish | N/A |
| Duarte | Male | Portuguese | Edward |
| Eduarda | Female | Portuguese | Edward |
| Eduardo | Male | Portuguese | Edward |
| Edvard | Male | Russian | Edward |
| Edvard | Male | Scandinavian | Edward |
| Eideard | Male | Scottish | Edward |
| Edvard | Male | Slovene | Edward |
| Eduardo | Male | Spanish | Edward |
| Iorwerth | Male | Welsh | Edward |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ned kelly | 343 | ned and stacey | 12 |
ned | 97 | ned rorem | 12 |
ned flanders | 69 | ned toons | 11 |
ned beatty | 58 | ludd ned | 10 |
ned nelson | 36 | devine ned | 10 |
waking ned devine | 29 | ned young | 9 |
devines ned | 29 | divines ned | 9 |
davis ned research | 27 | ned stacy | 9 |
jarrett ned | 25 | alexis ned | 9 |
kelly ned picture | 23 | ned romero | 9 |
ned davis | 22 | hanlan ned | 9 |
ned stevens | 22 | dreaded ned | 8 |
call ned prank | 21 | flanders ned quote | 8 |
brower ned | 19 | fenton ned | 8 |
ned kelly movie | 19 | miller ned | 7 |
boston devines ned | 16 | biography kelly ned | 7 |
ned university | 15 | flanders ned picture | 7 |
ned smith | 14 | christie ned | 7 |
nightmare ned | 14 | gang kelly ned | 7 |
bushranger kelly ned | 13 | ned herrmann | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "NED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | Voyou (rough neck), Vandale. (various references) | ||||||||||
Manx | Edard (Edward). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ednay of Edgar (Ed, Neddie), Edwin (Neddie), Edward Ðед, Edmund (Ed, Neddie). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "NED": abandoned, abstained, accessioned, acned, adjoined, adjourned, adorned, affectioned, affined, aforementioned, aliened, aligned, alined, ambitioned, appertained, apportioned, aproned, aquaplaned, arraigned, ascertained, assigned, atoned, attained, attorned, attuned, auctioned, auditioned, awakened, awned, ballooned, baned, banned, bargained, basined, bastioned, battened, beaconed, beaned, beckoned, beclowned, bedamned, bedarkened, bedeafened, bedizened, beelined, begroaned, bemaddened, bemeaned, bemoaned, beribboned, bescreened. (additional references) | |
Words containing "NED": benedick, benedicks, benedict, benediction, benedictions, benedictory, benedicts, constrainedly, damneder, damnedest, damnedests, darneder, darnedest, designedly, determinedly, determinedness, determinednesses, doggoneder, doggonedest, durneder, durnedest, ethylenediaminetetraacetate, ethylenediaminetetraacetates, hornedness, hornednesses, inedible, inedita, inedited, ineducabilities, ineducability, ineducable, ingrainedly, learnedly, learnedness, learnednesses, nonedible, noneditorial, noneducation, noneducational, noneducations, pinedrops, resignedly, resignedness, resignednesses, restrainedly, snedded, snedding, sneds, sustainedly, tournedos, unconcernedly. (additional references) | |
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"NED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Endlf, Endt, Nadv, Najd, Naqd, Nasd, Naud, ndd, nde, Ndeh, Ndes, Ndev, Neda, Nede, nedn, Nek, nged, Nhe, Niddk, Ntda, Nze. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: den, end. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-n" | |
-1 letter: de, ed, en, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-n" | |
+1 letter: bend, dean, dene, deni, dens, dent, deny, dine, done, dune, dyne, ends, fend, lend, mend, need, nerd, nide, node, nude, pend, rend, send, sned, tend, unde, vend, wend. | |
+2 letters: acned, admen, amend, anode, anted, awned, baned, bends, bendy, blend, boned, caned, coden, coned, dance, daven, dawen, deans, deign, demon, denar, denes, denim, dense, dents, devon, dewan, diene, dined, diner, dines, dinge, dizen, donee, donne, doven, doyen, dozen, drone, dunce, dunes, dwine, dynel, dynes, eland, emend, ended, ender, endow, endue, fends, fiend, fined, honed, index, indie, indue, inked, inned, kendo, knead, kneed, laden, lends, lined, loden, maned, menad, mends, mined, monde, naked, naled, named, needs, needy, nerds, nerdy, nided, nides, nixed, nodes, nosed, noted, nuder, nudes, nudge, nudie, nuked, odeon, olden, owned, paned, pends, pined, redan, redon, rends, saned, scend, sedan, sends, shend, sneds, snide, sonde, spend, teind, tends, tined, toned, trend, tuned, tyned, undee, under, undue, unfed, unled, unwed, upend, vaned, vends, vined, waned, wends, widen, wined, zoned. | |
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