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Used to

//jus(t).tu// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of. idiomatic, not-comparable, with-noun-phrase

    "I am very used to cleaning up other people’s mess."

Adjective
  1. 1
    in the habit of or adapted to wordnet
  2. 2
    in the habit of doing something wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Formerly and habitually or repeatedly, but possibly no longer, did. no-past-participle, no-present-participle

    "You never used to like soap operas, did you?  I used to like that band long ago, and I was surprised I still do.  I used to know a guy from the UK who pronounced "mother" with the "r".  It used to be me who ran the company.  There used to be open fields here. Now it's a shopping mall."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From used, past participle of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to.

Etymology 2

From used, past of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to (“infinitive marker”).

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