used
verb/juːzd/
Frequency rank: #132 most common English word
Meaning
The past tense of 'use'; or describing something owned before by another.
Example sentence
She used her old bicycle to get to school.
Synonyms & related words
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More words in ranks 101–200
- longMeasuring a great distance or amount from one end to the other.
- lookTo direct your eyes toward someone or something.
- somethingA thing that is not known, named, or specified.
- useTo do something with an object or tool for a purpose.
- sameNot different; exactly alike or identical.
- bothThe two together; the one as well as the other.
- everyEach one of a group, with none left out.
- amThe form of 'be' used with 'I' in the present tense.
- comeTo move toward the speaker or a particular place.
- partA piece, portion, or share of a whole.