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View synonyms for used to
used to
/ juːst /
adjective
- made familiar with; accustomed to
I am used to hitchhiking
verb
- takes an infinitive or implied infinitive used as an auxiliary to express habitual or accustomed actions, states, etc, taking place in the past but not continuing into the present
I used to fish here every day
I don't drink these days, but I used to
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Usage
The most common negative form of used to is didn't used to (or didn't use to ), but in formal contexts used not to is preferred
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Example Sentences
And Sarah Palin is in her bus, hurtling full-speed toward self-parody as an attention-seeking political used-to-be.
From The Daily Beast
Its original walls are still standing, and form part of a church which is used to-day.
From Project Gutenberg
The words he had used then were as well known to her as the words he had used to-day.
From Project Gutenberg
Any military metaphor which is used to-day will surely have a very arresting significance.
From Project Gutenberg
Another practice is to hold over some of the large starter used to-day for mother starter.
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Chemicals are sometimes used to-day in the early stages before the linen is spread on the grass.
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