used

Meaning

1. simple past and past participle of use
2. To perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something].

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/juːzd/

Etymology

From Middle English used, equivalent to use + -ed.

New

use

1. The act of using.
2. The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
3. Usefulness, benefit.
4. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
5. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
6. (obsolete) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
7. Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
8. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
9. A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
10. 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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It

also has a

airport
🛬

which is used by a

flying academy .

Used to hunt rabbits there myself .

" They are so used to me that they know my schedule ," he
👨

muttered .

It

is also used in solid state and nanostructures calculations .

Nostalgia isn't what it

used to be .

The S

. W

. A

. T

. entry team used an optical wand to observe the proceedings behind the door
🚪

.

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