-d

suffix

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Definitions

Suffix
  1. 1
    Alternative form of -ed now only standard with words which end in -e, but historically permissable in all the same places as -ed. alt-of, alternative, morpheme

    "bone → boned, pirouette → pirouetted, learn → learnd"

  2. 2
    An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional -ed in the past tense. morpheme

    "damn → damnd (→ damnded), drown → drownd (→ drownded)"

  3. 3
    Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "second" or "third" morpheme

    "2d grade; 23d century"

Synonyms

All synonyms
ndrd

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"bone → boned, pirouette → pirouetted, learn → learnd"

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