used to

Definitions

Indicates a habit or state that existed in the past but does not occur anymore.

Familiar with something through experience or habituation.

Examples

I used to play the piano when I was a child.

She used to live in a small apartment near the city center.

They used to go hiking every weekend before they moved away.

Synonyms

accustomed to habituated to familiar with in the habit of acclimated to adapted to seasoned to

Antonyms

unaccustomed to unfamiliar with inexperienced in new to unacquainted with unadapted to unhabituated to