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ust

ust is the pronunciation spelling of used.

Meaning of used

Adjective

used (comparative more used, superlative most used)

  1. That is or has or have been used.
    • The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
    Antonyms:
    unused
  2. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
    • He bought a used car.
    Antonyms:
    new
  3. In used to.

See all 4 meanings of used

Noun capitalized: UST

UST (countable and uncountable, plural USTs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of unresolved sexual tension.
    • Being a hard-core "noromo" (parlance for "no romancer," someone who believes the show's UST, or unresolved sexual tension, is the key to its vitality), I have also flamed "shippers" ("relationshippers," those who want Mulder and Scully to get it on in the film) with now embarrassing vituperations...1998 June 22, John Cloud, “Cinema: An X-Phile Confesses”, in Time
    • Fanny has to be wooed with tenderness and humility - cue much UST (Hollywoodese for Unresolved Sexual Tension) as their slow-burn romance creates an incredible chemistry between Russell and Marion.2006 October 20, Maureen Paton, “Self-made Marion”, in Daily Mail
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of uniform spanning tree.
  3. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of unofficial soundtrack.

Proper noun capitalized: UST

UST

  1. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of University of Santo Tomas.

Forms of ust

Adjective
comparativemore ust
superlativemost ust
Noun
pluralUSTs
Proper noun
alternative formUste

Questions about ust

What is ust the pronunciation spelling of?
Ust is the pronunciation spelling of used.
What part of speech is ust?
Ust can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ust?
The plural of ust is USTs.

Words near ust in the dictionary

  1. Ussurian bullhead
  2. Ussurian bullheads
  3. ussuritid
  4. ussuritids
  5. Ussuriysk
  6. ust
  7. Ust-Abakanskoye
  8. Ust-Kut
  9. Ust-Luga
  10. Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug
  11. usta

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ust (page history and authors); UST (page history and authors); used (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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