"used to" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /juːs(t).tu/, /juːs(t).tə/, /juːzd/ Audio: en-us-used_to.ogg [US], En-au-used to.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -uːstu, -uːstə Etymology: From used, past participle of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to. Etymology templates: {{m|en|used|}} used, {{m|en|use||(archaic sense) to be in the habit of}} use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”), {{m|en|to}} to Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} used to (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic, with noun phrase) Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable, with-noun-phrase Synonyms: wont to, accustomed to, usta [informal], useta [informal] Translations (accustomed to): متعود على (metʕawwed ʕala) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), սովոր (sovor) (Armenian), звы́клы (zvýkly) (Belarusian), прывы́клы (pryvýkly) (Belarusian), абвы́клы (abvýkly) (Belarusian), yoostu (Belizean Creole), gwechall (Breton), свикнал (sviknal) (Bulgarian), acostumat a (Catalan), zvyklý (Czech), vant til (Danish), gewend te (Dutch), habitué (à) (French), afeito (Galician), adoito (Galician), gewöhnt (english: an) (German), συνηθισμένος (synithisménos) (Greek), abitye (Haitian Creole), רָגִיל לְ־ (ragíl l'-) (Hebrew), hozzá van szokva (Hungarian), megszokik (Hungarian), abituato a (Italian), solitus (Latin), нави́кнат (navíknat) (Macedonian), на́учен (náučen) (Macedonian), abbituato (Neapolitan), ha for vane (Norwegian), være vant til (Norwegian Bokmål), عادت کردن به ('âdat kardan be) (Persian), przyzwyczajony [masculine] (Polish), acostumado (Portuguese), obișnuit (english: la, cu) [masculine] (Romanian), acomodat (english: la, cu) [masculine] (Romanian), cleachdte (Scottish Gaelic), zvyknutý (Slovak), acostumbrado a (Spanish), van vid (Swedish), เคยชิน (kəəi-chin) (Thai), ชิน (chin) (Thai), alışkın (Turkish), зви́клий (zvýklyj) (Ukrainian), arfer (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-used_to-en-adj--ndlYB78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /juːs(t).tu/, /juːs(t).tə/, /juːzd/ Audio: en-us-used_to.ogg [US], En-au-used to.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -uːstu, -uːstə Etymology: From used, past of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to (“infinitive marker”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|used|}} used, {{m|en|use||(archaic sense) to be in the habit of}} use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”), {{m|en|to||infinitive marker}} to (“infinitive marker”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} used to
  1. (temporal location) Formerly and habitually or repeatedly, but possibly no longer, did. Derived forms: ain't what it used to was, used-to-be Translations (formerly and habitually or repeatedly): yoostu (Belizean Creole), doz (Belizean Creole), 曾经 (céngjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), ennen (note: past indicative form of the verb +) (Finnish), adoitar (Galician), früher (english: formerly, not anymore) (German), damals (German), mal (German), oft (english: habitually) (German), regelmäßig (German), ständig (German), régen (Hungarian), régebben (Hungarian), azelőtt (Hungarian), korábban (Hungarian), valaha (Hungarian), ba ghnách le (Irish), past tense followed by ものだ (Japanese), ធ្លាប់ (thlŏəp) (Khmer), pleide å (Norwegian Bokmål), brukte å (Norwegian Bokmål), brukte å (Norwegian Nynorsk), bruka å (Norwegian Nynorsk), kiedyś (note: + imperfect past) (Polish), рані́ше (raníše) (Ukrainian), đã từng (Vietnamese), in the literary language (Welsh), then optionally arfer (Welsh), then the verbal noun. (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-used_to-en-verb-en:formerly Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English non-constituents, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of English non-constituents: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 94 Topics: temporal-location, time
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "sense": "accustomed to",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "tottunut (+ illative case)",
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          "sense": "accustomed to",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "accustomed to",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "sense": "accustomed to",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "accustomed to",
          "word": "hozzá van szokva"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "accustomed to",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "accustomed to",
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "accustomed to",
          "word": "solitus"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "navíknat",
          "sense": "accustomed to",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'âdat kardan be",
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          "word": "عادت کردن به"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kəəi-chin",
          "sense": "accustomed to",
          "word": "เคยชิน"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chin",
          "sense": "accustomed to",
          "word": "ชิน"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "accustomed to",
          "word": "alışkın"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "word": "зви́клий"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "accustomed to",
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          "text": "1980, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson (lyrics), Agnetha Fältskog (lead vocalist), ABBA, The Winner Takes It All\nBut tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you? / Does it feel the same, when she calls your name?"
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          "text": "When I was a kid I used to think it was all the same clouds that kept coming by.",
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        {
          "text": "2002, David I. Grossvogel, Didn't You Used to Be Depardieu?:",
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          "text": "2003, G. E. Kruckeberg, Things My Daddy Used to Say:",
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          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
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          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "yoostu"
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          "code": "bzj",
          "lang": "Belizean Creole",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "doz"
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        {
          "code": "zh",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as 曾經",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
        },
        {
          "code": "zh",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "céngjīng",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "曾经"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "note": "use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as voorheen or vroeger",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "note": "antaŭe + past tense",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "past indicative form of the verb +",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "ennen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "(subject in adessive case +) oli tapana",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "adoitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "formerly, not anymore",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "früher"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "damals"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "mal"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "habitually",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "oft"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "regelmäßig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "ständig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "in formal style also pflegte zu + infinitive",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "note": "past tense of היה + present participle or present tense with an optional indication of a past time such as פעם (pá'am)",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "régen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "régebben"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "azelőtt"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "korábban"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "valaha"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "annak idején + past tense",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "note": "use the imperfect tense of the verb",
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        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "ba ghnách le"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "past tense followed by ものだ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "thlŏəp",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "ធ្លាប់"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
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        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "note": "use the past iterative tense of the verb that follows",
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        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "pleide å"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "brukte å"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "brukte å"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "bruka å"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "note": "زمانی (zamâni) (or synonyms) + imperfect",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "note": "قدیما (qadimâ) (or synonyms) + imperfect",
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          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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            "archaic"
          ]
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "+ imperfect past",
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "use the imperfect tense of the verb that follows or imperfect of costumar followed by infinitive",
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "obișnui (in the imperfect) + să + (verb in the subjunctive)",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "ра́ньше (ránʹše) or use приходи́лось (prixodílosʹ) + infinitive",
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "raníše",
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          "word": "рані́ше"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
          "word": "đã từng"
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          "code": "cy",
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          "code": "cy",
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          "note": "use the imperfect tense of the verb that follows or the imperfect of arfer followed by the verbal noun",
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          "code": "cy",
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          "note": "in the colloquial language use the imperfect or conditional of bod plus yn",
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          "code": "cy",
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          "code": "cy",
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      "homophone": "use to"
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      "ipa": "/juːs(t).tu/"
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      "ipa": "/juːs(t).tə/"
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      "homophone": "use to"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-uːstu"
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      "word": "wont to"
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    {
      "word": "accustomed to"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "code": "arz",
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      "roman": "metʕawwed ʕala",
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      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "متعود على"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sovor",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "սովոր"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zvýkly",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "звы́клы"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "word": "прывы́клы"
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      "code": "be",
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      "word": "абвы́клы"
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      "code": "bzj",
      "lang": "Belizean Creole",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "yoostu"
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    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "gwechall"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sviknal",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "свикнал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "acostumat a"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "zvyklý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "vant til"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "gewend te"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "tottunut (+ illative case)",
      "sense": "accustomed to"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "habitué (à)"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "afeito"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "adoito"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "an",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "gewöhnt"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synithisménos",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "συνηθισμένος"
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    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
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      "word": "abitye"
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "רָגִיל לְ־"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "accustomed to",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "megszokik"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "note": "hozzászokik (the latter two in past forms: megszokta, hozzászokott etc.)",
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "word": "abituato a"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "word": "solitus"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mk",
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    {
      "code": "nap",
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "ha for vane"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "være vant til"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'âdat kardan be",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "عادت کردن به"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "przyzwyczajony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "acostumado"
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      "code": "ro",
      "english": "la, cu",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obișnuit"
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      "code": "ro",
      "english": "la, cu",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acomodat"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "привы́кший (privýkšij) (к (k)... k... + dative case)",
      "sense": "accustomed to"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "cleachdte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "zvyknutý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "acostumbrado a"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "van vid"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kəəi-chin",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "เคยชิน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chin",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "ชิน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "alışkın"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvýklyj",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "зви́клий"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "accustomed to",
      "word": "arfer"
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      "word": "ain't what it used to was"
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          "text": "I used to be undecided, but now I’m sure.  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.",
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          "text": "1980, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson (lyrics), Agnetha Fältskog (lead vocalist), ABBA, The Winner Takes It All\nBut tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you? / Does it feel the same, when she calls your name?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 94",
          "text": "When I was a kid I used to think it was all the same clouds that kept coming by.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "2002, David I. Grossvogel, Didn't You Used to Be Depardieu?:",
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          "text": "2003, G. E. Kruckeberg, Things My Daddy Used to Say:",
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      "ipa": "/juːs(t).tə/"
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      "homophone": "use to"
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      "rhymes": "-uːstu"
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      "rhymes": "-uːstə"
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      "ipa": "/juːzd/"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "note": "كَانَ (kāna) + present tense",
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      "code": "bzj",
      "lang": "Belizean Creole",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "yoostu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bzj",
      "lang": "Belizean Creole",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "doz"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as 曾經",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "céngjīng",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "曾经"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as voorheen or vroeger",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "note": "antaŭe + past tense",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "past indicative form of the verb +",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "ennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "(subject in adessive case +) oli tapana",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "adoitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "formerly, not anymore",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "früher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "damals"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "habitually",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "oft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "regelmäßig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "ständig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "in formal style also pflegte zu + infinitive",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "note": "past tense of היה + present participle or present tense with an optional indication of a past time such as פעם (pá'am)",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "régen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "régebben"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "azelőtt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "korábban"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "valaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "annak idején + past tense",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "use the imperfect tense of the verb",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "ba ghnách le"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "past tense followed by ものだ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "thlŏəp",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "ធ្លាប់"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "note": "use the imperfect tense of the verb that follows or use the imperfect of soleō + the infinitive of the verb that follows",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "note": "use the past iterative tense of the verb that follows",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "pleide å"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "brukte å"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "brukte å"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "bruka å"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "note": "زمانی (zamâni) (or synonyms) + imperfect",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "note": "قدیما (qadimâ) (or synonyms) + imperfect",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "note": "simple past + ـی (-ê)",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "+ imperfect past",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "kiedyś"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "use the imperfect tense of the verb that follows or imperfect of costumar followed by infinitive",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "note": "obișnui (in the imperfect) + să + (verb in the subjunctive)",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "ра́ньше (ránʹše) or use приходи́лось (prixodílosʹ) + infinitive",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "use the imperfect tense of the verb (for states or actions) that follows or imperfect tense of soler + infinitive (only for actions)",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "raníše",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "рані́ше"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "đã từng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "in the literary language"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "note": "use the imperfect tense of the verb that follows or the imperfect of arfer followed by the verbal noun",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "note": "in the colloquial language use the imperfect or conditional of bod plus yn",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "then optionally arfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "formerly and habitually or repeatedly",
      "word": "then the verbal noun."
    }
  ],
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    "English modals of habits and past facts"
  ],
  "word": "used to"
}
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  "subsection": "verb",
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