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used to¹

  • /juːs(t).tu/ UK
  • /juːs.tə/ UK
  • /jus(t).tu/ US
  • /jus.tə/ US
  • /juːzd/

Sounds like use to · Rhymes with -uːstu, -uːstə

Where it comes from

From used, past participle of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to.

adjective usta · useta

  1. idiomatic, not comparable, with noun phrase Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of. I am very used to cleaning up other people’s mess.

    Similar: wont to, accustomed to

Opposite: unused to

used to²

  • /juːs(t).tu/ UK
  • /juːs.tə/ UK
  • /jus(t).tu/ US
  • /jus.tə/ US
  • /juːzd/

Sounds like use to · Rhymes with -uːstu, -uːstə

Where it comes from

From used, past of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to (“infinitive marker”).

verb used to · usta · useta

  1. no past participle, no present participle Formerly and habitually or repeatedly, but possibly no longer, did. You never used to like soap operas, did you?  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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adjective

Opposite: unused to

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adj accustomed to

Españolacostumbrado a
Portuguêsacostumado
Françaishabitué (à)
Italianoabituato a
Ελληνικάσυνηθισμένος synithisménos
Românăobișnuit, acomodat
עבריתרָגִיל לְ־ ragíl l'-, נָהַג nahág

verb formerly and habitually or repeatedly

日本語past tense followed by ものだ
Deutschfrüher, damals, mal, oft, regelmäßig, ständig
Tiếng Việtđã từng

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@misc{used_to_2026,
  title = {used to},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/used%20to},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}