used
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English used, equivalent to use + -ed.
Pronunciation- (RP) IPA: /juːzd/
- (America) (past of use) enPR: yo͞ozd, IPA: /juzd/
- (RP) (auxiliary verb) IPA: /juːst/
- (America) (auxiliary verb) IPA: /just/
- Simple past tense and past participle of use
- You used me!
- (intransitive, auxiliary, defective, only in past tense/participle) To perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something].
- He used to live here, but moved away last year.
- The club used to be frequented by locals; then, after the "incident", it used to get raided by the cops.
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.
- I got used to this weather.
- 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.
- (having been used)
- (previously owned by someone else) pre-owned, second-hand
- Portuguese: usado
- Russian: испо́льзуемый
- Spanish: usado
- 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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