English Online Dictionary. What means used? What does used mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English used, equivalent to use + -ed.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /juːzd/
- (US) (past of use): enPR: yo͞ozd, IPA(key): /juzd/
- (Received Pronunciation) (auxiliary verb): IPA(key): /juːst/
- (US) (auxiliary verb): IPA(key): /just/. Compare usedn't /ˈjuːsənt/.
- Rhymes: -uːst
Verb
used
- simple past and past participle of use
- (intransitive, auxiliary, defective, only in past tense/participle) To perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something].
Adjective
used (comparative more used, superlative most used)
- That is or has or have been used.
- That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
- Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
Synonyms
- (having been used):
- (previously owned by someone else): pre-owned, second-hand
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “having been used”): unused
- (antonym(s) of “previously owned by someone else”): new
Hyponyms
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Translations
See also
- used to
Anagrams
- duse, Dues, dues, Udes, sued, desu