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Definition
to be or to become psychologically or physically used to something
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to and has an expectation of something so it does not seem unusual)
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to and has an expectation of something so it does not seem unusual)
- Among these were a couple of cyclists, a jobbing gardener I employed sometimes, a girl carrying a baby, Gregg the butcher and his little boy, and two or three loafers and golf caddies who were accustomed to hang about the railway station.1.3 — Book 1 Chapter 3 — The Horsell Common (17% in)
- I thought I had become deaf, for the noises of movement I had been accustomed to hear from the pit had ceased absolutely.2.5 — Book 2 Chapter 5 — The Stillness (12% in)
There are no more uses of "accustomed" in The War of the Worlds.
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