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use to

/juːs.tu/

use to verb: synonym of used to. Also the infinitive or present tense form of used to.

Verb

use to (third-person singular simple present use to, no present participle, simple past used to, no past participle)

  1. (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.
    Synonyms:
    used to
  2. (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.2022 December 2, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Mary Ilyushina, Kostiantyn Khudov, “Russia and Ukraine are fighting the first full-scale drone war”, in Washington Post

Also used as

use to is also the infinitive or present tense form of used to.

Synonyms of use to

Forms of use to

third-person singular presentuse to
pastused to

Origin of use to

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

Questions about use to

What does use to mean?
Use to means synonym of used to.
What part of speech is use to?
Use to is a verb.
How do you pronounce use to?
Use to is pronounced /juːs.tu/.
What is the past tense of use to?
The past tense of use to is used to.

Words near use to in the dictionary

  1. use the potty
  2. use the restroom
  3. use the toilet
  4. use the user
  5. use the washroom
  6. use to
  7. use up
  8. use value
  9. use values
  10. use your words
  11. use-by date

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