[{"word":"used","phonetic":"/juːzd/","phonetics":[{"text":"/juːzd/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To utilize or employ.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"soldiers who are used to hardships and danger"},{"definition":"(except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I used to get things done."},{"definition":"To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to use an animal cruelly"},{"definition":"To behave, act, comport oneself.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["apply","employ","engage","utilise","utilize","exploit","take advantage of"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"That is or has or have been used.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers."},{"definition":"That has or have previously been owned by someone else.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He bought a used car."},{"definition":"Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I got used to this weather."}],"synonyms":["pre-owned","second-hand"],"antonyms":["unused","new"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/use","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/used"]}]