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used

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of use.
    • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75
      In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
  2. abused, exploited, took unfair advantage of. [derogatory]
    You used me!
  3. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something]
    He used to live here, but moved away last year.

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used (no comparative or superlative)

  1. That is or has or have been used.
    The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
  2. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
    He bought a used car.
  3. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
    I got used to this weather.

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  • (that has or have been used)
  • (that has or have previously been owned by someone else): second-hand

[edit] Antonyms

  • (that has or have been used): unused
  • (that has or have previously been owned by someone else): new

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