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used en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /juːzd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /just/ (US)
  • /juzd/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • yo͞ozd (past) of use
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /juːst/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English used, equivalent to use + -ed.

Meanings

  1. That is or has or have been used.
    • The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
    • Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month. 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
  2. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
    • He bought a used car.
  3. In used to.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more used Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most used Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

new · unused

Deriveds

used bookstore · usedness · postally used · used up · old time used to be · getting used to · get used · overused · nonused · oft-used · used-to-be · ill-used

Relateds

used up · screen-used · misused · ill-used · abused

Synonyms

pre-owned · second-hand

Translations (79)

pt usado (that is or has or have been used) · gl afeito (accustomed) · gl usado (that is or has or have been used) · es usado (that is or has or have been used) · cmn 中古 (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · el χρησιμοποιημένος (that is or has or have been used) · fr seconde main (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · fi tottua (accustomed) · az öyrəncəli (accustomed) · af oud (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · mn хэрэглэж байсан (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · ro utilizat (that is or has or have been used) · ro obișnuit (accustomed) · bg употребяван (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · nb brukt (that is or has or have been used) · ru б (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · mi nguture (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · nn brukt (that is or has or have been used) · bg използван (that is or has or have been used) · ru поде́ржанный (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · hu használt (that is or has or have been used) · bg употребяван (that is or has or have been used) · mk по́ловен (that is or has or have been used) · el μεταχειρισμένος (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · ur استعمال شدہ (that is or has or have been used) · pt acostumado (accustomed) · uk вжи́ваний (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · hi उपभुक्त (that is or has or have been used) · bg свикнал (accustomed) · az alışmış (accustomed) · is notaður (that is or has or have been used) · ru испо́льзуемый (that is or has or have been used) · fi käytetty (that is or has or have been used) · fi käytetty (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · af gebruik (that is or has or have been used) · af gebruik (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · cmn 第二手 (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · de Second-Hand (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · af oud (that is or has or have been used) · pt usado (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · ro folosit (that is or has or have been used) · ar مُسْتَعْمَل (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · de gebraucht (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · az öyrəncəkli (accustomed) · mk по́ловен (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · cs použitý (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · cs použitý (that is or has or have been used) · pl używany (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · da brugt (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · nb brukt (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · fr de seconde main (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · pl zużyty (that is or has or have been used) · ru привы́кший (accustomed) · ja 中古 (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · ro de mâna a doua (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · hu használt (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · hi प्रयुक्त (that is or has or have been used) · gl usado (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · ro la mâna a doua (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · fr occasion (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · da brugt (that is or has or have been used) · nn brukt (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · he מְשֻׁמָּשׁ (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · lt vartotas (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · lt naudotas (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · ko 중고 (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · ro învățat (accustomed) · pl przyzwyczajony (accustomed) · hu felhasznált (that is or has or have been used) · uk ужи́ваний (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · ru испо́льзованный (that is or has or have been used) · he משומש (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · pt de segunda mão (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · mk употре́буван (that is or has or have been used) · gl de segunda man (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · ru у (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · sv begagnad (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · ro secondhand (that has or have previously been owned by someone else) · hu hozzászokott (accustomed)

used en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /juːzd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /just/ (US)
  • /juzd/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • yo͞ozd (past) of use
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /juːst/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English used, equivalent to use + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of use
    form of use
    • You used me! You never loved me at all!
    • 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. 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75:
  2. In used to.