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  • 31used to(1) — {adj. phr.} In the habit of or familiar with. * /People get used to smoking and it is hard for them to stop./ * /Farmers are used to working outdoors in the winter./ * /After my eyes became used to the dim light in the cave, I saw an old shovel… …

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  • 32used — 1. verb /juːzd,juːzd,juːst/ to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something] In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo<!Italic in original had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores,… …

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  • 33Used — El término Used puede referirse a los siguientes topónimos: Used, municipio de la comarca del Campo de Daroca, provincia de Zaragoza, Aragón, España. Used, localidad del municipio de Sabiñánigo, comarca del Alto Gállego, provincia de Huesca,… …

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  • 34used — un·used; used; used·n t; …

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  • 35used */*/*/ — UK [juːzd] / US [juzd] adjective 1) owned by someone else before you a used car salesman 2) no longer completely clean because of having been used a used towel …

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  • 36used*/*/ — [juːzd] adj 1) owned by someone else before you Syn: second hand a used car[/ex] 2) no longer completely clean because of having been used a used towel[/ex] …

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  • 37used — [[t]yuzd[/t]] or, for 4, [[t]yust[/t]] adj. 1) cvb previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car[/ex] 2) cvb employed for a purpose; utilized • used to Etymology: 1325–75 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38used to be — or[did use to be] {v. phr.} Formerly or once was. * /Mary used to be small; but she has grown up./ * /Dick used to be the best pitcher on the team last year; now two other pitchers are better than he is./ …

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  • 39used to be — or[did use to be] {v. phr.} Formerly or once was. * /Mary used to be small; but she has grown up./ * /Dick used to be the best pitcher on the team last year; now two other pitchers are better than he is./ …

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  • 40used to — 1. adjective /juːs(t).tu,juːs(t).tə/ accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of. I am used to cleaning up other people’s mess. 2. verb /juːs(t).tu,juːs(t).tə/ Formerly; once, but no longer; thus forming the imperfect tense I used to be undecided,… …

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