used
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Simple pronunciation
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
1. To utilize or employ.
2. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
"soldiers who are used to hardships and danger"
3. (except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
"I used to get things done."
4. To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
"to use an animal cruelly"
5. To behave, act, comport oneself.
Synonyms
1. That is or has or have been used.
"The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers."
2. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
"He bought a used car."
3. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
"I got used to this weather."
Synonyms
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