used to meaning

EN[juːs(t).tu] [juːs(t).tə]
US

Definition of used to in English Dictionary

• Verb
  1. (temporal location) Formerly, and habitually or repeatedly, but possibly no longer.
     1. I used to be undecided, but now I’m not so sure.  I used to like that band and I still do.   I used to know a guy from the UK who pronounced "mother" without the "r".   It used to be me, sitting in that chair.   There used to be open fields here. Now it's a shopping mall. ‎
• Adjective
  1. IDI (with noun phrase) Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of.
     1. I am used to cleaning up other people’s mess.  I became used to his ways. ‎
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • It took some time for him to get used to the tunnel vision he experienced while looking through a periscope.
     • SMART (http://smart.embl-heidelberg.de/ ) and PHI-BLAST (Pattern Hit Initiated BLAST) bioinformatic tools were used to analyse the domain arquitecture of the proteins.
     • This used to be an honest old-fashioned backstreet boozer but, like Fulham itself, the pub has had its soul ripped out since it has been yuppified
  2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • Editors of newspapers allow more vulgarisms to go to print today than they used to.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Phrases
     • Non-constituents
     • Phrasal verbs
       • Phrasal verbs with particle (to)
  2. Adjectives
     • Uncomparable adjectives
  3. Adverbs
     • Time adverbs
       • Temporal location adverbs
  4. Verbs
     • Phrasal verbs
       • Phrasal verbs with particle (to)

Other Vocabulary

1. en see to
2. en used up
3. en sedate
4. en ten to
5. en due to