Definition of 'used'
1. phrase
2. phrase
3.
See be used to
4.
See get used to
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1. adjective
2. adjective
A used car has already had one or more owners.
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verb transitive, verb intransitive
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(juːzd, or for 4 juːst)
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British English: used
/juːzd/ ADJECTIVE
A used handkerchief, glass, or other object is dirty or spoiled because it has been used.
...a used coffee cup.
- American English: used /yˈuzd/
- Arabic: مُسْتَخْدَم
- Brazilian Portuguese: usado
- Chinese: 用旧了的
- Croatian: rabljen
- Czech: použitý
- Danish: brugt
- Dutch: gebruikt
- European Spanish: usado
- Finnish: käytetty
- French: utilisé
- German: gebraucht
- Greek: μεταχειρισμένος
- Italian: usato
- Japanese: 中古の
- Korean: 익숙한
- Norwegian: brukt
- Polish: używany
- European Portuguese: usado
- Romanian: uzat
- Russian: использованный
- Spanish: usado
- Swedish: använd
- Thai: ซึ่งถูกใช้, ใช้แล้ว
- Turkish: kullanılmış
- Ukrainian: використаний
- Vietnamese: đã qua sử dụng
British English: used
/juːst/ VERB
You use used to to talk about something that was true in the past but is not true now.
I used to live there.
- American English: used /ˈyust/
- Arabic: تعادل البناء كان+ فعل ناقص
- Brazilian Portuguese: costumar
- Chinese: 过去曾做
- Croatian: nekada
- Czech: kdysi
- Danish: plejede
- Dutch: vroeger
- European Spanish: partícula de pasado
- Finnish: olla tapana
- French: imparfait
- German: hat (gelebt)
- Greek: συνήθιζα
- Italian: solevo, solevi imperfect tense
- Japanese: かつて・・・だった
- Korean: 예전에는~이었다
- Norwegian: pleie
- Polish: zwykł był, miał zwyczaj
- European Portuguese: costumava
- Romanian: a obișnui
- Russian: когда-то
- Spanish: soler
- Swedish: brukade
- Thai: เคย
- Turkish: n/a
- Ukrainian: позначає дію або стан, які мали місце протягом деякого часу у минулому
- Vietnamese: đã từng
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