NED

  

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NED

"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": LudditesMumpersNunationRUM 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.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: NED

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

NED

EnglishNeutron detectorN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: NED

Synonyms by domain: National Economic Development Council (economics), Neutron detector (geography, transportation), New English Dictionary (language), no evidence of disease (medicine), normal equivalent deviate (mathematics, statisticsstatistics), Nuclear Engineering and Design (publishing & graphic arts), Nuclear Engineering Department (nuclear energy & physics).

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Modern Usage: NED

DomainUsage

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)

Nosey Ned and His New Straw Lid (1916)

As an Umpire Nosey Ned Is an Onion (1916)

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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Commercial Usage: NED

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ned Kelly : after a century of acrimony (reference)

  • Bloemfontein-Wes, 1934-1984 : verhaal van 'n Ned. Geref. Gemeente (reference)

  • Op og ned med kritikken : en antologi om at anmelde, at blive ammeldt og at lµse anmeldelser (reference)

  • Ned Buntline, King of the Dime Novels (Outstanding Personalities Ser.: No 95) (reference)

  • The Paris diary of Ned Rorem. With a port. of the diarist by Robert Phelps (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: NED

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & 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.

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Use in Literature: NED

TitleAuthorQuote

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

And little Ned Plantagenet, his son?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: NED

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: NED

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)99.57%23219,713
Adjective (general or positive)0.43%1339,140
                    Total100.00%233N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: NED

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
NedFirst name Male12,000624
NedLast name1,00016,804
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: NED

"NED" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rich guard", "a blessed guard".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "NED."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
EdMaleEnglishEdward
EddieMale, FemaleEnglishEdward
EddyMaleEnglishEdward
EdisonMaleEnglishEdward
EdwardMaleEnglishN/A
EwartMaleEnglishEdward
NedMaleEnglishEdward
TedMaleEnglishEdward
TeddyMaleEnglishEdward
EetuMaleFinnishEdward
ÉdouardMaleFrenchEdward
EduardMaleGermanEdward
EkewakaMaleHawaiianEdward
EdvardMaleHungarianEdward
EadbhárdMaleIrishEdward
EdoardoMaleItalianEdward
EdwardMalePolishN/A
DuarteMalePortugueseEdward
EduardaFemalePortugueseEdward
EduardoMalePortugueseEdward
EdvardMaleRussianEdward
EdvardMaleScandinavianEdward
EideardMaleScottishEdward
EdvardMaleSloveneEdward
EduardoMaleSpanishEdward
IorwerthMaleWelshEdward
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: NED

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: NED

Language Translations for "NED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

Voyou (rough neck), Vandale. (various references)

   

Manx

  

Edard (Edward). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ednay

   

Russian 

  

of Edgar (Ed, Neddie), Edwin (Neddie), Edward Ðед, Edmund (Ed, Neddie). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: NED

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Anagrams: NED

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Names: Derived from
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Abbreviations
15. Acronyms
16. Derivations
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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