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  • 1used to — W2S1 [ˈju:st tu:] modal v 1.) if something used to happen, it happened regularly or all the time in the past, but does not happen now ▪ He used to go to our school. ▪ We re eating out more often than we used to. did not use to do sth ▪ You didn t …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 2used to — used to1 [ just tu ] modal verb *** Used to is usually followed by an infinitive: We used to swim in the river. But sometimes the following infinitive is left out: I don t play golf now, but I used to. Used to only exists as a past tense.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 3Used — may refer to:*Used good, goods of any type that have been used before *Used (Huesca), a village in Huesca, Aragon, Spain *Used, Zaragoza, a town in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain *Used (song), a song by Rocket from the Crypt from their 1995 album Scream …

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  • 4used — [juːzd] adjective used car/​clothes etc cars, clothes etc that have had one or more previous owners; = pre owned AmE; SECOND HAND * * * used UK US /juːzd/ adjective ► COMMERCE used goods, cars, etc. have belonged to someone else and are not new… …

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  • 5used — [ juzd ] adjective *** 1. ) owned by someone else before you: SECOND HAND: a used car salesman 2. ) no longer completely clean because of having been used: a used towel …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6used — index dilapidated, old, trite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7used to — index familiar (informed) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8used up — index irredeemable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 9Used — Use Use, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Used}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Using}.] [OE. usen, F. user to use, use up, wear out, LL. usare to use, from L. uti, p. p. usus, to use, OL. oeti, oesus; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Utility}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make use of; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10used — I /ju:st/ adj. (cannot stand alone) accustomed to be; get used to (she is used to working hard; to get used to hard work) II /ju:zd/ adj. employed used for (this machine is used for making copies) * * * [juːzd] get used to (she is used to working …

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