Meaning of Ted | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A nickname for the male given names Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, and Edmund.
2. A Teddy boy.
   informal
3. Acronym of transmission electron diffraction.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable, usually
4. Acronym of Technology, Entertainment, Design, a series of global conferences.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
5. Acronym of turtle excluder device.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable, usually
6. Acronym of thyroid eye disease.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable, usually
7. Acronym of transferred electron device.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Second, Kaczynski attended Harvard University and the University of Michigan, not MIT. An MIT spokesperson said in a Wednesday email: “We have no enrollment record or information that Ted Kaczynski ever attended MIT.””

“Returning TED talker Sherry Turkle, an author and academic, says that giving lectures about how lonely the Internet is making people has made her and her audiences even lonelier.”

“The teds made the most of rising blue-collar wages to peacock each weekend in pseudo-aristocratic suits and immaculate pompadours, while their straitlaced peers trudged through the grind of school and work in drab clothing.”

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