{
    "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
}