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was used to

was used to is the simple past of be used to.

Meaning of be used to

Verb

be used to (third-person singular simple present is used to, present participle being used to, simple past was used to, past participle been used to)

  1. (intransitive) To be familiar with or accustomed to something or someone through repeated experience; to be acclimated to.
    • I'm used to this climate.

Questions about was used to

What is was used to the simple past of?
Was used to is the simple past of be used to.

Words near was used to in the dictionary

  1. was someone's to lose
  2. was supposed to
  3. was taken ill
  4. was the worse for drink
  5. was there
  6. was used to
  7. was with
  8. was wrong
  9. was't
  10. was-scepter
  11. was-scepters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: was used to (page history and authors); be used to (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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