used
Meaning
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- simple past and past participle of use
- To perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something].
Synonyms
not new
made use of
well-cooked
fully developed
in common use
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/juːzd/
Etymology
From Middle English used, equivalent to use + -ed.
New
use
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- The act of using.
- The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (obsolete) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
- Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
- (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
- A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
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