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Meaning of used in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    used

    Definitions

    1. of persons

    Examples

    • « taken advantage of »
    • « after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used »

    Synonyms

    • misused
  2. 2. previously used or owned by another

    Examples

    • « bought a secondhand (or used) car »

    Synonyms

    • old
  3. Qualitative Adjective

    used

    Definitions

    1. employed in accomplishing something

    Examples

    • « the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker »

    Synonyms

    • in use
    • utilized
    • utilised

    Antonyms

    • misused

Famous quotes

  • « Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves. »
    William Ellery Channing
  • « Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. »
    Henry Ward Beecher
  • « For the first few years of my life my mom used to cut my hair so there were a lot of bowl-cut hair styles. »
    Ne-Yo
  • « I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation. »
    Andy Murray
  • « Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have a feeling my mom would actually like One Direction if I wasn't in it! »
    Zayn Malik

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