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USED TO
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the habit of or adapted to
Example:
we are used to better service in this restaurant
Synonyms:
accustomed to; used to
Classified under:
Similar:
used to; wont to (in the habit of doing something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In the habit of doing something
Example:
...was wont to complain that this is a cold world
Synonyms:
used to; wont to
Classified under:
Similar:
accustomed to; used to (in the habit of or adapted to)
Context examples:
Hannah used to say, "I'd know which each of them gardings belonged to, ef I see 'em in Chiny," and so she might, for the girls' tastes differed as much as their characters.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Reed pitied it; and he used to nurse it and notice it as if it had been his own: more, indeed, than he ever noticed his own at that age.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A question about whether an individual is or was able to read like they used to.
(Able to Read Like They Used To, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about whether an individual is or was able to write like they used to.
(Able to Write Like They Used To, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug that is used to lower blood pressure.
(ACE inhibitor, NCI Dictionary)
And he used to look towards the table with his eyes full of tears.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
It might one day be used to conduct biomedical tests in remote and resource-limited areas.
(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)
Oh! cried Elizabeth, I have been rather too much used to the game to be soon overcome by a gentleman's hints.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
This room was my late master's favourite room, and these miniatures are just as they used to be then.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
People used to be offended, but they take no notice of him now.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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