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Definition of used 1 in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of used 1 in English English dictionary

If you are used to something, you are familiar with it because you have done it or experienced it many times before. I'm used to having my sleep interrupted It doesn't frighten them. They're used to it

If you get used to something or someone, you become familiar with it or get to know them, so that you no longer feel that the thing or person is unusual or surprising. This is how we do things here. You'll soon get used to it He took some getting used to

If something used not to be done or used not to be the case, it was not done in the past or was not the case in the past. The forms did not use to and did not used to are also found, especially in spoken English. Borrowing used not to be recommended At some point kids start doing things they didn't use to do. They get more independent He didn't used to like anyone walking on the lawns in the back garden

If something used to be done or used to be the case, it was done regularly in the past or was the case in the past. People used to come and visit him every day He used to be one of the professors at the School of Education I feel more compassion and less anger than I used to

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If someone uses drugs, they take drugs regularly, especially illegal ones. He denied he had used drugs = take, do

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If you use a particular name, you call yourself by that name, especially when it is not the name that you usually call yourself. Now I use a false name if I'm meeting people for the first time

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politeness You can say that someone uses the toilet or bathroom as a polite way of saying that they go to the toilet. Wash your hands after using the toilet He asked whether he could use my bathroom

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disapproval If you say that someone uses people, you disapprove of them because they make others do things for them in order to benefit or gain some advantage from it, and not because they care about the other people. Be careful she's not just using you Why do I have the feeling I'm being used again? = exploit see also used

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If you use something, you do something with it in order to do a job or to achieve a particular result or effect. Trim off the excess pastry using a sharp knife He had simply used a little imagination Officials used loud hailers to call for calm The show uses Zondo's trial and execution as its framework

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If you use a particular word or expression, you say or write it, because it has the meaning that you want to express. The judge liked using the word `wicked' of people he had sent to jail

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If you use a supply of something, you finish it so that none of it is left. You used all the ice cubes and didn't put the ice trays back They've never had anything spare -- they've always used it all. Use up means the same as use. It isn't them who use up the world's resources We were breathing really fast, and using the air up quickly