used to
UK/juːs(t).tu//jus(t).tu/
used to adjective: accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of.
Adjective
used to (not comparable)
- Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of.
- I am very used to cleaning up other people’s mess.
- I became/grew quite used to his ways.
- Synonyms:
- wont to, accustomed to
Verb
used to (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, simple past used to, no past 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.
- I always used to go to the seaside in August as a child.
used to meaning in Urdu, Persian, Thai and Vietnamese
used to in Urdu
- عادی, خوگر
used to in Persian
- accustomed to
- عادت کردن به 'âdat kardan be
used to in Thai
- accustomed to
- เคยชิน kəəi-chin, ชิน chin
used to in Vietnamese
- formerly and habitually or repeatedly
- đã từng
Examples of used to in a sentence
- I got used to this weather.
- He used to live here, but moved away last year.
- The club used to be frequented by locals; then, after the "incident", it used to get raided by the cops.
- “Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- He was shivering a little, for he had always been used to sleeping in a proper bed, and by this time his coat had worn so thin and threadbare from hugging that it was no longer any protection to him.1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New...
- Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street and now you're gonna have to get used to it.1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone:
Synonyms of used to
- wont to
- accustomed to
Antonyms
Forms of used to
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | usta |
| alternative form | useta |
| Verb | |
| past | used to |
Origin of used to
From used, past participle of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to.
From used, past of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to (“infinitive marker”).
Words formed from used to
Questions about used to
- What does used to mean?
- Used to means accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of.
- What is used to in Urdu?
- Used to in Urdu is عادی, خوگر. See Used to meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use used to in a sentence?
- I got used to this weather.
- What part of speech is used to?
- Used to can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce used to?
- Used to is pronounced /juːs(t).tu/ (UK).
Words near used to in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: used to (page history and authors); used to (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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