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used to

[yoozd or, for 4, yoost]

used

[yoozd or, for 4, yoost]
adjective
1.
previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car.
2.
showing wear or being worn out.
3.
employed for a purpose; utilized.
4.
used to, accustomed or habituated to: I'm not used to cold weather. They weren't used to getting up so early.

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Used to is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see use, -ed2

half-used, adjective
well-used, adjective
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used to (juːst)
 
adj
1.  made familiar with; accustomed to: I am used to hitchhiking
 
vb
2.  (takes an infinitive or implied infinitive) used as an auxiliary to express habitual or accustomed actions, states, etc, taking place in the past but not continuing into the present: I don't drink these days, but I used to; I used to fish here every day
 
usage  The most common negative form of used to is didn't used to (or didn't use to), but in formal contexts used not to is preferred

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Idioms & Phrases

used to

  1. Accustomed or habituated to. This expression is often put as be or get used to, as in I'm not used to driving a manual-shift car, or She can't get used to calling him Dad. [Early 1500s]

  2. Formerly. This sense is used with a following verb to indicate a past state, as in I used to ride my bicycle to the post office, or This used to be the best restaurant in town. [Late 1800s]

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