use to

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use to

/juːs.tu/
/juːs.tə/

Where it comes from

From use (“to perform habitually”) + to.

verb use to · used to

infinitive, no past participle, no present participle, present Infinitive or present tense form of used to: formerly (and habitually or repeatedly) be accustomed to. Did I use to wear that?
no past participle, no present participle, nonstandard, proscribed Synonym of used to. I use to go every year, until I moved out of the area.
Similar: used to
no past participle, no present participle Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see use, to. Drones have become so critical to battlefield success that at times they are used to take out other drones.

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@misc{use_to_2026,
  title = {use to},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/use%20to},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}