USED

/juːzd/

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Definition

/juːzd/

verb

To utilize or employ.
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”
(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.”

adjective

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.”