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Ted

Definition: Ted

Ted

Noun

1. (Brit) a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

"Ted" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rich guard", "a blessed guard".

Date "Ted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Note: Ted \Ted\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Tedded; present participle verb or noun Tedding.]. (references)

"Ted" is a common misspelling or typo for: teddy, tee, tided, tie, tied.

Specialty Definition: Father Ted Crilly

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Father Ted Crilly is the central character in the Channel 4 situation comedy series Father Ted, played by the late Dermot Morgan.
Father Ted Crilly is one of three priests who have been exiled to the remote Craggy Island, by the corrupt and megalomaniac Bishop Len Brennan. Father Ted's exile was for appropriating a substantial quantity of church funds which he claimed were "merely resting" in his account.
He is a somewhat sympathetic character and hard put upon by the other two priests, Father Jack Hackett, a senile drunk, and Father Dougal McGuire, who gives interesting new tones to the concept of imbecility. However, Ted has a dark side - he can be very self-centred and dreams of leaving the island and living it up in a casino somewhere.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Father Ted Crilly."

TED

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A TED can be a:

transient electromagnetic device
sea turtle excluder device for fishing nets
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "TED."

Ted

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

©Alex Kroychik
Ted is a low-cost airline operating in the United States, a subsidiary of United Airlines. The name comes from the last three letters in the United brand name.
Its creation was announced November 12, 2003. It will be equipped with Airbus A320 aircraft. Service is to begin on February 12, 2004.
Like its parent, Ted will be part of the Star Alliance.

Planned routes

Denver to
Reno, Nevada
Las Vegas
Phoenix
New Orleans
Tampa
Orlando
Ontario, California
Fort Lauderdale
Las Vegas to
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Francisco to
Phoenix

External links

United.com - Fly Ted
United press release
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ted."

Ted Lewis (musician)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Ted Lewis, United States entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician, given name Theodore Leopold Friedman was born June 6, 1890 in Circleville, Ohio; died August 25, 1971 in New York City. He led a band presenting a combination of jazz, hokey comedy, and schmaltzy sentimentality that was a hit with the American public.
Lewis was one of the first Northern musicians to start imitating the New Orleans jazz musicians who came up to New York in the teens. He first recorded in 1917 with Earl Fuller's Jass Band, who were making an energetic if somewhat clumsy attempt to copy the sound of the city's newest sensation, the Original Dixieland Jass Band. At the time, Lewis didn't seem to be able to do much on the clarinet other than trill. He improved a bit later, forming his style from the influences of the first New Orleans clarinetists to reside in New York, Larry Shields, Alcide Nunez, and Achille Baquet.
By 1919 Lewis was leading his own band, and had a recording contract with Columbia records, which marketed him as their answer to the Original Dixieland Jass Band who recorded for Victor records. At the start of the 1920s he was considered by many people without previous knowledge of jazz (that is to say, most of America) to be one of the leading lights of hot jazz. Lewis's clarinet playing never evolved beyond his style of 1919 which in later years would sound increasingly corny, but Lewis certainly knew what good clarinet playing sounded like, for he hired musicians like Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, and (the wonderful and, unfortunately, largely forgotten) Don Murray to play clarinet in his band. For years his band also included jazz greats Muggsy Spanier on trumpet and George Brunis on trombone. Ted Lewis's band was second only to the Paul Whiteman in popularity during the 1920s, and arguably played more real jazz with less pretension than Whiteman, especially in his recordings of the late 1920s.
Lewis's band got cornier and schmaltzier as the Great Depression wore on, but this seemed to match the general public's taste, as he kept commercially sucessful during an era when many bands broke up.
Lewis's catch-phrase was cheerfully asking the audience, "Is Everybody Happy?" Lewis participated in three sound films using this title from 1929 to 1943.
Lewis kept his band together through the 1950s, and continued to make appearances on television and in Las Vegas into the 1960s.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ted Lewis (musician)."

Ted Raimi

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Ted Raimi is an actor and brother of director Sam Raimi. The Detroit-born Ted began acting as an extra in his elder brother's Super 8 films. His motion picture credits include most of his brother's films including The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, and Darkman as well as roles in such features as Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Lunatics: A Love Story, Skinner, Shocker, Born Yesterday and Stuart Saves his Family.
He is most likely well known for his roles as the communication officer Lt. Tim O'Neill on the Steven Spielberg produced science fiction television series SeaQuest DSV (later SeaQuest 2032) and the warrior wannabe Joxer the Mighty on Xena:Warrior Princess.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ted Raimi."

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Ted

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
TED	English	Text Editor	N/A
TED	French	Traitement électronique de l'information	Computing
TED	Portuguese	Troca electrónica de dados	Computing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Ted

Synonym: Teddy boy (n). (additional references)

Synonyms within Context: Ted

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Nonassemblage Dispersion	Verb: disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute; apportion; blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off; strew, straw, strow; ted; spirtle, cast, sprinkle; issue, deal out, retail, utter; resperse, intersperse; set abroach, circumfuse.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Ted

English words defined with "Ted": Ruth Saint Denis, Ruth St. Denis ♦ Saint Denis, St. Denis ♦ Tedded, Tedding. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Ted": bwBASIC ♦ cybercrud ♦ ERUPTIVE PROMINENCE ON LIMB ♦ Gateway 2000 ♦ Motorola 68HC11. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Ted" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (electronic data interchange, Electronic Data Processing, electronic document interchange).

Modern Usage: Ted

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You can't forget, it's a sumo culture, Ted. They pay by the pound over there (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss) Oh sure blame it on Ted. (Oliver Beene; writing credit: Axel Boisen;) Ted, I'm serious about this (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; writing credit: Barney Cohen; Martin Kitrosser) Ted, you're alive (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon) Ted Nugent called (Ocean's Eleven; writing credit: George Clayton Johnson; Jack Golden Russell)
Tongue Twisters	Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1973) Ted Mack Family Hour (1951) Sportscope: Ted Williams (1951) Ted Weems and His Orchestra (1949) Thrills of Music: Ted Weems and Orchestra (1948)
Song Titles	Stronger Than Dirt (performing artist: Ted and the Talltops Roddy)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Ted

Domain	Title
References	Ted Baker Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Ted (reference) Ted Turner: It Ain't As Easy as It Looks: A Biography (reference) Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures (reference) The Riverman: The Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Father Ted - The Complete Series 2 (reference) Father Ted - A Christmassy Ted (reference) Father Ted - Heaven and Hell (Vol. 1) (reference) Ted E. Bear:Cub Reporter (reference) Father Ted - Nuns! Nuns! Reverse (Vol. 2) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Loaded for Bear: The Best of Ted Nugent & Amboy Dukes (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Bill & Ted (reference) Ted Nugent Hunting (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: Ted

Photo Album: Ted

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Cruising through an ice field - l to r - Ted Shanahan, Stan Jeffers, Jerry Gray, and Simon Tagarook. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Launch 15 crew - Stan Jeffers, Abe Simmons, Harley Nygren, Jerry Gray, Ted Shanahan, and Harry Lantzy. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Ted Esposito, a local charter boat skipper. Credit: Fisheries.		Profiles of two fishermen - Ted Esposito, a local charter boat skipper, and an unnamed pelican. Credit: Fisheries.
	Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Key Island, a barrier island, was infested with Australian pine trees, an invasive non-native plant that resul ted in significant loss of biodiversity of native plant communities. Salt-toler ant, they have shallow root systems that cause them to topple easily in high win ds, creating obstacles for Atlantic loggerhead turtles trying to nest on beach. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).		Figure 37. Jacob thermometer devised by Martin Knudsen and constructed by Friedrich C. Jacob of Copenhagen. This thermometer was mounted inside an insula ted bottle that was lowered from an underway ship. This thermometer was of a classic design that had nothing particularly new. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	NRCS employee Kerry Perkins, and Ted Smidt and landowner Al Moore observing progress of conservation plan on Hurd Creek, Washington. Credit: Gary Wilson.		Ted Smidt monitoring stream temperature along the Hurd Creek, Washington, near Port Angeles. Credit: Gary Wilson.
	Wendy and Ted conducting timber volume measurements. Credit: Carol Kauder.		Ted conducting timber volume measurements. Credit: Carol Kauder.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Familiar Quotations: Ted

Author	Quotation
Ted Turner	If I only had a little humility I would be perfect.
Ted Williams	God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
Theodore Roosevelt	To-night while I was preparing to dictate a message to Congress concerning the boiling caldron on the Isthmus of Panama, which has now begun to bubble over, up came one of the ushers with a telegram from you and Ted about the football match. Instantly I bolted into the next room to read it aloud to mother and sister, and we all cheered in unison when we came to the Rah! Rah! Rah! part of it. It was a great score. I wish I could have seen the game.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: Ted

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The numbers of cells and proteins generated by the immune system of some SIDS babies have been repor ted to be higher than normal. (references)
Business		The TED offers potential bidders a modern form of information on tenders. (references)
		Several institutions in Germany act as Commercial Agents and send the information available in the TED databank via fax to respective subscribers. (references)
		Potential suppliers can obtain information on procurements in the Official Journal and through the database TED (Tenders Electric Daily) which is linked to the Journal. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Spoken Usage: Ted

Speaker	Phrase(s)
James Van Praagh	True. I don't know who I'm communicating with. I mean, whoever comes through, comes through. And they'll say, I'm with Ted or I'm with this person or that person.
Rush Limbaugh	By the way, Ted Kennedy voted for his brother's tax cuts twice in the Senate, and that tax cut was not implemented gradually over ten years.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Usage Frequency: Ted

"Ted" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.65% of the time. "Ted" is used about 1,142 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)	99.65%	1,138	6,725
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.26%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.09%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,142	N/A

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

Name Usage Frequency: Ted

The following table summarizes the usage of "Ted" 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
Ted	First name Male	64,000	240
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Derived & Related Names: Ted

"Ted" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a rich guard", "a blessed guard".

The following table summarizes names related to "Ted."
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.

Usage in Company Names: Ted

Country	Name
United Kingdom	Ted Baker Plc
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

Expressions: Ted

Expressions using "Ted": a dot ted quaver ♦ Ted Hughes ♦ Ted Shawn ♦ Ted Williams. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Ted": ted-buddhism, ted-decorated.
	Ending with "Ted": hear-ted, suppor-ted, U-ni-ted.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ted

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
nugent ted	1,292	casablanca ted	61
ted bundy	1,243	ted white	60
ted williams	343	gärdestad ted	51
ted turner	243	ted levine	50
ted	178	ted matthew	49
bill ted	138	ted koppel	48
father ted	136	ted kaczynski	48
ted rall	127	broer dr ted	47
armstrong garner ted	106	ted hose	47
ted nugent lyrics	102	ted mcginley	46
ted kennedy	96	ted neeley	44
ted baker	95	ted haggard	40
ted hughes	86	ford russell ted	40
ted danson	83	ted knight	39
king ted	75	ted thomas	37
britt ford ted	75	drewes ted	37
bundy picture ted	71	ted warren	36
leo ted	66	nugent.com ted	36
broer ted	64	ted cassidy	34
ted dibiase	61	nuggent ted	32
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Ted

Language		Translations for "Ted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Përhap (bruit, delate, develop, diffuse, dilate, disseminate, distribute, introduce, let out, permeate, promulgate, propagate, radiate, slop, spread, start, transmit). (various references)

Arabic		‏نشر لتجفيفه. (various references)

Bulgarian		Обръщам Сено �"а Съхне, Пластя. (various references)

Czech		Obracet Seno, Eda (Neddy). (various references)

French		Faner. (various references)

Greek		ύυραίνω χόρτα, Απλώνω χόρτα. (various references)

Hungarian		Megforgat (plough, plow, span, spun, to plough up, to spin). (various references)

Pig Latin		edtay.(various references)

Portuguese		secar (blast, blight, desiccate, drain, dry, exsiccate, fork, kipper, peter out, rub down, scorch, sear, shrivel, wipe, wither). (various references)

Romanian		Usca Fânul. (various references)

Russian		тэд, �'орошить. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		rasprostirati pokošenu travu radi sušenje. (various references)

Thai		แผ่ให้แห้ง. (various references)

Turkish		Otları Çevirerek Kurutmak. (various references)

Ukrainian		�'орушити. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Ted

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Ted": tedded, tedder, tedders, teddies, tedding, teddy, tedious, tediously, tediousness, tediousnesses, tedium, tediums, teds. (additional references)
	Words ending with "Ted": abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, aberrated, abetted, ablated, abluted, abnegated, abominated, aborted, abreacted, abrogated, absented, absquatulated, abstracted, abstricted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, accosted, accounted, accredited, accreted, acculturated, accumulated, acerated, acerbated, acetated, acetylated, acidulated, acierated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, actuated, acylated, adapted, addicted, addlepated, adducted, adhibited, adjudicated, adjusted, administrated, admitted. (additional references)
	Words containing "Ted": abstractedly, abstractedness, abstractednesses, acceptedly, adaptedness, adaptednesses, admittedly, affectedly, affectedness, affectednesses, agitatedly, animatedly, antedate, antedates, antedating, antediluvian, antediluvians, assertedly, belatedly, belatedness, belatednesses, benightedly, benightedness, benightednesses, bigheartedly, bigheartedness, bigheartednesses, bigotedly, bilsteds, calculatedly, calculatedness, calculatednesses, celebratedness, celebratednesses, coldheartedly, coldheartedness, coldheartednesses, collectedly, collectedness, collectednesses, complicatedly, complicatedness, complicatednesses, conceitedly, conceitedness, conceitednesses, concentratedly, concertedly, concertedness, concertednesses, connectedly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Etid, tbd, tdd, Tdex, tedi, Tfe, Tydd. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "Ted"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Ted" (pronounced te"d)
3	t e" d	instead, stead.
2	-e" d	abed, ahead, bed, behead, bled, bread, bred, dead, lead, led, dread, Ed, embed, fed, fled, Ged, head, imbed, infrared, interbred, Med, misled, overfed, overhead, pled, purebred, read, red, Redd, retread, said, shed, shred, sled, sped, spread, thoroughbred, thread, tread, unread, unsaid, unwed, Wed, widespread, zed.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: Ted

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-t"
	-1 letter: de, ed, et.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-t"
	+1 letter: date, debt, deet, deft, delt, dent, diet, dite, dote, duet, edit, teds, teed, tend, tide, tied, toed.
	+2 letters: acted, adept, anted, bated, bidet, cadet, cited, coted, dated, dater, dates, dealt, death, debit, debts, debut, deets, defat, deist, deity, delft, delta, delts, demit, dents, depot, depth, derat, deter, detox, diets, dites, doest, doeth, doted, doter, dotes, drest, duets, duvet, dwelt, edict, edits, educt, etude, fated, feted, fetid, gated, godet, hated, kited, lated, luted, mated, meted, muted, noted, opted, outed, pated, rated, sated, sited, stade, stead, steed, stied, styed, tamed, taped, tared, tawed, taxed, teddy, teiid, teind, tends, tepid, tewed, tided, tides, tilde, tiled, timed, tined, tired, toked, toled, toned, toped, toted, towed, toyed, trade, tread, treed, trend, tried, trode, trued, tsade, tsked, tubed, tuned, tweed, tyned, typed, tyred, veldt, voted, wited, wyted.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar

9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency

13. Names: Derived from
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet

17. Translations: Modern
18. Abbreviations
19. Acronyms
20. Derivations

21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography

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