"GED" meaning in All languages combined

See GED on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: GEDs [plural], G.E.D. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} GED (plural GEDs)
  1. (US, education) Initialism of general education degree/diploma. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: general education degree/diploma Related terms: GCSE [UK] [education]
    Sense id: en-GED-en-noun-x5h8mCTa Categories (other): American English, Education, English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Topics: education
  2. (US, education) Initialism of General Educational Development. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: General Educational Development
    Sense id: en-GED-en-noun-bONf5pCe Categories (other): American English, Education Topics: education

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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