Pronunciation Verb
- Simple past tense and past participle of use
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75
- In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
- You used me!
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75
- (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something]
- He used to live here, but moved away last year.
used
- That is or has or have been used.
- The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
- That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
- He bought a used car.
- Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
- 1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone
- Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street and now you're gonna have to get used to it.
- I got used to this weather.
- 1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone
- (having been used)
- (previously owned by someone else) pre-owned, second-hand
- French: seconde main, occasion, de seconde main
- German: gebraucht, Second-Hand
- Portuguese: usado, de segunda mão
- Russian: поде́ржанный
- Portuguese: acostumado
- Russian: привы́кший
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