Meaning

2 senses
  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.

  2. (no past participle, no present participle)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see use, to.

Examples

8924 sentences
  1. You used to smoke, didn't you?

    Ти колись палив, так?

    ruТы ведь раньше курил, да?

    deFrüher hast du geraucht, nicht wahr?

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  2. I'm used to working all night.

    Я звик працювати всю ніч.

    ruЯ привык работать всю ночь.

    deIch bin daran gewöhnt, die ganze Nacht zu arbeiten.

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  3. You'll get used to it soon.

    Ти скоро до цього звикнеш.

    ruТы скоро к этому привыкнешь.

    deSie werden sich bald daran gewöhnen.

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  4. He's used to speaking in public.

    Він звик говорити публічно.

    ruОн привык говорить публично.

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  5. She is used to living alone.

    Вона звикла жити сама.

    ruОна привыкла жить одна.

    deSie ist es gewohnt, allein zu leben.

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

use to, using to, used to, used to
Base formuse to · to use to
3rd person singularuse to
Present participleusing to
Past simpleused to
Past participleused to

irregular

Present simpleLesson

all personsuse to

Past simpleLesson

all personsused to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave used to
he, she, ithas used to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill use to

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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