Meaning & use

used

adjective·Everyday

Having belonged to or been owned by someone else before; not new.

See it in a sentence

They bought a used car to save money on their first purchase.

The bookstore sells used textbooks at half the price of new ones.

A note on using this word

Used to, as in I used to live there, expresses a past habit and is pronounced and used quite differently from the adjective used.

Words with a similar meaning

secondhandpre-owned

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Words with an opposite meaning

Another way to use it

2. adjective

Accustomed to something through familiarity or repetition, usually followed by to.

After years abroad, she was used to eating dinner much later than her friends at home.

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