Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of use
You used me! You never loved me at all!
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In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75 - In used to.
comparative more used · superlative most used
- That is or has or have been used.
The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
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Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.
2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847Antonyms: unused
- That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
He bought a used car.
Synonyms: pre-owned, second-hand · Antonyms: new
- In used to.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat is or has or have been used.
adjectiveThat has or have previously been owned by someone else.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of persons) taken advantage of
adjectivepreviously used or owned by another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishused
- Englishused
From Middle English used, equivalent to use + -ed.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans gebruik, oud
- gebruikthat is or has or have been used
- oudthat is or has or have been used
- gebruikthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- oudthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
Arabic مُسْتَعْمَل
- مُسْتَعْمَل (mustaʕmal)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
Bulgarian употребяван, използван
- употребяван (upotrebjavan)that is or has or have been used
- използван (izpolzvan)that is or has or have been used
- употребяван (upotrebjavan)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
- свикнал (sviknal)accustomed
Chinese Mandarin 第二手, 中古
- 第二手 (dì'èrshǒu)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
- 中古 (zhōnggǔ)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
Czech použitý, použitý
- použitýthat is or has or have been used
- použitýthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
Danish brugt, brugt
- brugtthat is or has or have been used
- brugtthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
Finnish käytetty, käytetty
- käytettythat is or has or have been used
- käytettythat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- tottuaaccustomed
French seconde main, occasion
- seconde mainthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- occasionthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- de seconde mainthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
German gebraucht, Second-Hand
- gebrauchtthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- Second-Handthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
Greek χρησιμοποιημένος, μεταχειρισμένος
- χρησιμοποιημένος (chrisimopoiiménos)that is or has or have been used
- μεταχειρισμένος (metacheirisménos)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
Hebrew משומש, מְשֻׁמָּשׁ
- משומשthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- מְשֻׁמָּשׁ (meshumásh)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
Hindi प्रयुक्त, उपभुक्त
- प्रयुक्त (prayukt)that is or has or have been used
- उपभुक्त (upbhukt)that is or has or have been used
Hungarian használt, felhasznált
- használtthat is or has or have been used
- felhasználtthat is or has or have been used
- használtthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- hozzászokottaccustomed
Icelandic notaður
- notaðurthat is or has or have been used
Japanese 中古
- 中古 (chūko)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
Korean 중고
- 중고 (junggo)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
Lithuanian naudotas, vartotas
- naudotasthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- vartotasthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
Māori nguture
- nguturethat has or have previously been owned by someone else
Norwegian Bokmål brukt, brukt
- bruktthat is or has or have been used
- bruktthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
Polish zużyty, używany
- zużytythat is or has or have been used
- używanythat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- przyzwyczajonyaccustomed
Portuguese usado, usado
- usadothat is or has or have been used
- usadothat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- de segunda mãothat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- acostumadoaccustomed
Romanian folosit, utilizat
- folositthat is or has or have been used
- utilizatthat is or has or have been used
- la mâna a douathat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- de mâna a douathat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- secondhandthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
- învățataccustomed
- obișnuitaccustomed
Russian испо́льзуемый, испо́льзованный
- испо́льзуемый (ispólʹzujemyj)that is or has or have been used
- испо́льзованный (ispólʹzovannyj)that is or has or have been used
- поде́ржанный (podéržannyj)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
- б (b/u)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
- у (b/u)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
- привы́кший (privýkšij)accustomed
Spanish usado
- usadothat is or has or have been used
Swedish begagnad
- begagnadthat has or have previously been owned by someone else
Ukrainian вжи́ваний, ужи́ваний
- вжи́ваний (vžývanyj)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
- ужи́ваний (užývanyj)that has or have previously been owned by someone else
Urdu استعمال شدہ
- استعمال شدہ (istiʻmāl śiddah)that is or has or have been used
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with used
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Cite this entry
used. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/used
“used.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/used. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “used,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/used.
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