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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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In the data used to construct the model, about 47,000 people receiving county services, 24% of those predicted to be at high risk actually became homeless compared with only 7% of the whole sample.

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Dean and her attorney, Ian Wallach, said they have yet to access the affidavit behind the search warrant, which would lay out the probable cause police used to justify their actions.

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Herbicides were used to strip the leaf cover from forests, increase visibility along transportation routes and destroy crops suspected of supplying guerrilla forces.

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And she made a trip to a local dump to dispose of a food dehydrator prosecutors say she used to prepare the toxic meal.

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"I used to have a scar here," says Le Thanh Gian, pointing to his right hand, where a bullet had once lodged.

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