だ — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
だ is used for these senses in English:
- ed Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.
- be Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.
- be (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
- be (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
- be To occupy a place.
- be To occur, to take place.
- be (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
be — full definition
- verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.
ed — full definition
- noun A short informal way of saying "education," especially in school or course names.
- noun A short informal way of saying "edition" or "editor," often seen in publishing credits.