used

CEFRA1

/juːzd/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Owned or handled by someone before, not new.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    In used to.

Examples

  • I'm not used to eating so much at lunchtime.

  • We men are used to waiting for the women.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /juːst/
  • /just/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. That is or has or have been used.

  2. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. simple past and past participle of use

More examples

In context

  • You will soon get used to speaking in public.

  • The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.

  • You used me! You never loved me at all!

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English used, equivalent to use + -ed.