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{
"term": "used to",
"partOfSpeech": "modal verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that something happened continuously or frequently during a period in the past",
"labels": "British EnglishBritish English",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I used to live in London."
},
{
"text": "That's what my father always used to say."
},
{
"text": "I didn't use to like him much when we were at school."
},
{
"text": "Didn't you use to have long hair?"
},
{
"text": "I used to think that it would be a great idea to live there."
},
{
"text": "We used to go sailing on the lake in summer."
},
{
"text": "She used to work for a large insurance company."
},
{
"text": "I used to play a lot of football."
},
{
"text": "You used to see a lot of her, didn't you?"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjuːst tə//ˈjuːst tu/",
"audio": "us/used-to/used_to_1_gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdɪdnt ˈjuːs tə//ˌdɪdnt ˈjuːs tu/",
"audio": "di/used-to/didn_t_use_to_1_gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjuːsnt tə//ˈjuːsnt tu/",
"audio": "us/used-to/usedn_t_to_1_gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjuːst tə//ˈjuːst tu/",
"audio": "us/used-to/used_to_1_us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdɪdnt ˈjuːs tə//ˌdɪdnt ˈjuːs tu/",
"audio": "di/used-to/didn_t_use_to_1_us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjuːsnt tə//ˈjuːsnt tu/",
"audio": "us/used-to/usedn_t_to_1_us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}