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USED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Previously used or owned by another
Example:
bought a secondhand (or used) car
Synonyms:
secondhand; used
Classified under:
Similar:
old (of long duration; not new)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Employed in accomplishing something
Example:
the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war
Classified under:
Similar:
in use (currently being used)
employed; utilised; utilized (put to use)
Antonym:
misused (used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of persons) taken advantage of
Example:
after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used
Synonyms:
exploited; ill-used; put-upon; used; victimised; victimized
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
misused (used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb use
Context examples:
Miss Morland is not used to your odd ways.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
They are all used as barns and store-houses.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Oh! cried Elizabeth, I have been rather too much used to the game to be soon overcome by a gentleman's hints.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
As my mother used to say, man learns through pain.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It didn't taste as it used to taste.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I don't think I shall ever be afraid of you again, Bessie, because I have got used to you, and I shall soon have another set of people to dread.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It might one day be used to conduct biomedical tests in remote and resource-limited areas.
(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)
And it was to be used for a delicate operation that night.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And he used to look towards the table with his eyes full of tears.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The leg worked very well, once I was used to it.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
