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used to

/ ː /

adjective

  1. made familiar with; accustomed to

    I am used to hitchhiking

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. takes an infinitive or implied infinitive used as an auxiliary to express habitual or accustomed actions, states, etc, taking place in the past but not continuing into the present

    I used to fish here every day

    I don't drink these days, but I used to

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

The most common negative form of used to is didn't used to (or didn't use to ), but in formal contexts used not to is preferred
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"There's not so much the stigma that there used to be that it's really taboo and people are a lot more supportive of doing what will make you feel happy."

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"We had space in the house, were used to having children, and had the time."

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The United States used to be the kind of country that welcomed the persecuted, but I guess she didn’t see us as the best option.

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"I can see a lot of me in her, because of her age and, because that's the way I used to be," he said.

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In it Ms Wynn-Williams, who used to be the company's global public policy director, makes a series of critical claims about what she witnessed during her seven years at Facebook.

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