All 4 Uses of
accustomed
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- After a while my eyes become accustomed to it.†
Part 1accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- Sometimes she stopped with a word or two of apology about the interruption, sometimes with a fragment of news, and he was accustomed to this as a part of office life.†
Part 2 *
- We're really accustomed to making mileage.†
Part 3
- Because we're unaccustomed to it, we don't usually see that there's a third possible logical term equal to yes and no which is capable of expanding our understanding in an unrecognized direction.†
Part 3unaccustomed to = not used to (not adapted to something, so it seems normal)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccustomed to means not and reverses the meaning of accustomed to. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
to make someone used to something
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)
In professional environments, you may make a better impression by saying one is accustomed to something rather than one is used to something.