: familiar with something so that it seems normal or usual                                      
              
                             
I'm not used to driving this car yet.
                                       He is used to criticism.
                                       The dog will need a few days to become used to its new home.
                                       She quickly got used to the warm weather.
                         
                
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                  —used to say a situation existed in the past but does not exist now
My grandmother said winters used to be harder here.
    
                
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                  —used to say something happened repeatedly in the past but does not happen now
We used to go out more often.
They used to eat a lot of junk food but now they only eat healthy foods.
    
                
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