used

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UK /juːzd/ US /juzd/

adj 3

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, look

The old leather jacket was used but still in good condition.

ADV

commonly, extensively, frequently, regularly, well, widely

Solar panels are now commonly used in homes to reduce electricity costs.

little, rarely

The old library in the basement is rarely used by students anymore.

Definitions

adj

That is or has or have been used.

The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.

Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

He bought a used car.

In used to.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — previously used or owned by another

secondhand

adjective — (of persons) taken advantage of

exploited
ill-used
put-upon
victimized
victimised

Antonyms

misused

Idioms & Phrases

used to

Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of.

I am very used to cleaning up other people’s mess.

get used

To become accustomed to something; to acclimate; to adjust.

I'm getting used to this climate.

ain't what it used to was

Is not what it used to be; (expressing nostalgia).

Thanksgiving 'ain't what it used to was.'

Example Bank

The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.

Wiktionary

He bought a used car.

Wiktionary

The profane language used on network television makes many parents with young children not want to subscribe to cable.

Tatoeba · #1960

We men are used to waiting for the women.

Tatoeba · #2228

You will soon get used to speaking in public.

Tatoeba · #15966

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