If something is used, that means it has been owned by someone else. If you buy used textbooks, that means they’re not new someone else owned them and read them before you did.
Adjective S.
previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car"
Adjective
employed in accomplishing something; "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker
Adjective S.
of persons; taken advantage of; "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"
imp. & p. p.
of Use
Usage Examples
A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be.
An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.
America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.
A couple days ago, I saw a lot of people tweeting, 'Oh, it's so cool 'Home' is being used in the Olympics!' We don't really get to watch much TV, man, with the concerts every night, but I wish I could have seen it. I really just found out through Twitter and my management texting me. I thought it was really awesome.
Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone.
America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.
After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
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Other Usage ExamplesAn important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.
After a while in marriage, it doesn't work anymore. There is something missing, there is something wrong. There are few marriages that stay alive forever. We like something, and after a while, we hate what we used to love.
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
A tool is usually more simple than a machine it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.
And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good.
All he cares about is going out there with his Jack Daniels bottle. Nothing has changed. That's kind of sad. If David was doing better than he used to be, then that would be different. But it was a joke and he made it that way.
Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society.
Also, I used to think that one day I might get someone to iron my shirts, but the truth is I really like doing them myself.
'Stress' was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened into a state of babyish beatification.
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