"be used to" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: is used to [present, singular, third-person], being used to [participle, present], was used to [past], been used to [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> used to}} be used to (third-person singular simple present is used to, present participle being used to, simple past was used to, past participle been used to)
  1. (intransitive) To be familiar with or accustomed to something or someone through repeated experience; to be acclimated to. Tags: intransitive Related terms: get used to, become used to Translations (be accustomed to): soler (Catalan), 習慣 (Chinese Mandarin), 习惯 (xíguàn) (Chinese Mandarin), gewend zijn aan (Dutch), olla tottunut (Finnish), être habitué à (French), gewöhnt sein (German), szokott (Hungarian), vera vanur (Icelandic), taithí a bheith agat (Irish), solere (Italian), 慣れる (nareru) (alt: なれる) (Japanese), īnsuēscō (Latin), soleō (Latin), обꙑкнѫти (obyknǫti) (Old Church Slavonic), costumar (Portuguese), soler (Spanish), gwenti (Sranan Tongo), vara van vid (Swedish), đã quen với (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To be familiar with or accustomed to something or someone through repeated experience; to be acclimated to."
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "soler"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "習慣"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "be accustomed to",
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          "sense": "be accustomed to",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "olla tottunut"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "gewöhnt sein"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "szokott"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "vera vanur"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "taithí a bheith agat"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "solere"
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          "alt": "なれる",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nareru",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "慣れる"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "īnsuēscō"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "soleō"
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          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
          "roman": "obyknǫti",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "обꙑкнѫти"
        },
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "costumar"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "soler"
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          "code": "srn",
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "gwenti"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "vara van vid"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "đã quen với"
        }
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        "(intransitive) To be familiar with or accustomed to something or someone through repeated experience; to be acclimated to."
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "soler"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "習慣"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíguàn",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "习惯"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "gewend zijn aan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "olla tottunut"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "be accustomed to",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "gewöhnt sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "szokott"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "vera vanur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "taithí a bheith agat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "solere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なれる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nareru",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "慣れる"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "īnsuēscō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "soleō"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "obyknǫti",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "обꙑкнѫти"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "costumar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "soler"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "gwenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "vara van vid"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "đã quen với"
    }
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