be used to

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

be used to (third-person singular simple present is used to, present participle being used to, simple past was used to, past participle been used to)

  1. (intransitive) To be familiar with or accustomed to something or someone through repeated experience; to be acclimated to.
    I'm used to this climate.
    Over time, you will be used to being on the front line.

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This section is only for verbs meaning "to be used to" as opposed to literal translations of "be" + "used to". For translations of the adjectival "used to", see used to#Translations.