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# zed

noun (zed, zeds)

«zed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) The name of the last letter of the alphabet, Z. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zed/#m1)
2. (informal) «Catch some zeds» means get some sleep, because cartoon sleepers show «zzz». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zed/#m2)

### In the lessons

In spelling and alphabet lessons, British, Canadian, Australian, Irish and New Zealand children say «zed», while American children say «zee». In maths, z is often a letter standing for a number or for the third axis.

### Examples

- The alphabet goes from A to zed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zed/#x1)
- «Zebra» starts with a zed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zed/#x2)
- Americans say «zee» but we say «zed». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zed/#x3)
- Spell «zoo»: zed, oh, oh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zed/#x4)
- I'm off to catch some zeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zed/#x5)
- Write a capital zed at the end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zed/#x6)

### Note

Only the name of the letter; you write the letter as Z. In the USA it is «zee». It is not a word you write in a sentence on its own often.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «zed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«zed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/zed.html) on Mova free.