"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), olla tottunut (Finnish), être habitué à (French), szokott (Hungarian), 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)
    Sense id: en-be_used_to-en-verb-mAW6Qasf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I'm used to this climate.",
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          "text": "Over time, you will be used to being on the front line.",
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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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          "sense": "be accustomed to",
          "word": "olla tottunut"
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          "sense": "be accustomed to",
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          "sense": "be accustomed to",
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          "sense": "be accustomed to",
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          "code": "cu",
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          "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"
        },
        {
          "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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  "word": "be used to"
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      ],
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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"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "習慣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíguàn",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "习惯"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "olla tottunut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "être habitué à"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "szokott"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be accustomed to",
      "word": "solere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なれる",
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      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be used to"
}

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