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Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable, with-noun-phrase
Examples
- I am very used to cleaning up other people’s mess.
- I became/grew quite used to his ways.
- I got used to this weather.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Formerly and habitually or repeatedly, but possibly no longer, did.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-past-participle, no-present-participle
Topics: temporal-location, time
Examples
- You never used to like soap operas, did you? I used to like that band long ago, and I was surprised I still do. I used to know a guy from the UK who pronounced "mother" with the "r". It used to be me who ran the company. There used to be open fields here. Now it's a shopping mall.
- I always used to go to the seaside in August as a child.
- He used to live here, but moved away last year.
- The club used to be frequented by locals; then, after the "incident", it used to get raided by the cops.
- My wife used not to be so hot-tempered.
- 1980, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson (lyrics), Agnetha Fältskog (lead vocalist), ABBA, The Winner Takes It All But tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you? / Does it feel the same, when she calls your name?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From used, past participle of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to.
From used, past of use (“(archaic sense) to be in the habit of”) + to (“infinitive marker”).
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
متعود على
(metʕawwed ʕala)
— accustomed to
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Armenian:
սովոր
(sovor)
— accustomed to
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Belarusian:
звы́клы
(zvýkly)
— accustomed to
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Belarusian:
прывы́клы
(pryvýkly)
— accustomed to
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Belarusian:
абвы́клы
(abvýkly)
— accustomed to
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Belizean Creole:
yoostu
— accustomed to
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Breton:
gwechall
— accustomed to
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Bulgarian:
свикнал
(sviknal)
— accustomed to
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Catalan:
acostumat a
— accustomed to
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Czech:
zvyklý
— accustomed to
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Danish:
vant til
— accustomed to
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Dutch:
gewend te
— accustomed to
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French:
habitué (à)
— accustomed to
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Galician:
afeito
— accustomed to
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Galician:
adoito
— accustomed to
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Greek:
συνηθισμένος
(synithisménos)
— accustomed to
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Haitian Creole:
abitye
— accustomed to
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Hebrew:
רָגִיל לְ־
(ragíl l'-)
— accustomed to
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Hebrew:
נָהַג
(nahág)
— accustomed to
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Hungarian:
hozzá van szokva
— accustomed to
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Hungarian:
megszokik
— accustomed to
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Italian:
abituato a
— accustomed to
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Latin:
solitus
— accustomed to
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Macedonian:
нави́кнат
(navíknat)
— accustomed to
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Macedonian:
на́учен
(náučen)
— accustomed to
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Neapolitan:
abbituato
— accustomed to
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Norwegian:
ha for vane
— accustomed to
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Norwegian Bokmål:
være vant til
— accustomed to
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Persian:
عادت کردن به
('âdat kardan be)
— accustomed to
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Polish:
przyzwyczajony
— accustomed to
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Portuguese:
acostumado
— accustomed to
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Romanian:
obișnuit
— accustomed to
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Romanian:
acomodat
— accustomed to
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Scottish Gaelic:
cleachdte
— accustomed to
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Slovak:
zvyknutý
— accustomed to
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Spanish:
acostumbrado a
— accustomed to
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Swedish:
van vid
— accustomed to
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Thai:
เคยชิน
(kəəi-chin)
— accustomed to
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Thai:
ชิน
(chin)
— accustomed to
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Turkish:
alışkın
— accustomed to
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Turkish:
alışık
— accustomed to
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Ukrainian:
зви́клий
(zvýklyj)
— accustomed to
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Welsh:
arfer
— accustomed to
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Belizean Creole:
yoostu
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Belizean Creole:
doz
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Finnish:
ennen
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Galician:
adoitar
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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German:
früher
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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German:
damals
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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German:
mal
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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German:
oft
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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German:
regelmäßig
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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German:
ständig
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Hungarian:
régen
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Hungarian:
régebben
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Hungarian:
azelőtt
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Hungarian:
korábban
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Hungarian:
valaha
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Hungarian:
szokott
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Irish:
ba ghnách le
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Japanese:
past tense followed by ものだ
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Kazakh:
-атын
(-atyn)
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Khmer:
ធ្លាប់
(thlŏəp)
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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K'iche':
k'amanik
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Norwegian Bokmål:
pleide å
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Norwegian Bokmål:
brukte å
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
brukte å
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
bruka å
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Polish:
kiedyś
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Ukrainian:
рані́ше
(raníše)
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Vietnamese:
đã từng
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Welsh:
in the literary language
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Welsh:
then optionally arfer
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
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Welsh:
then the verbal noun.
— formerly and habitually or repeatedly
