get used

English

Verb

get used (third-person singular simple present gets used, present participle getting used, simple past got used, past participle (UK) got used or (US) gotten used)

1. (intransitive) To become accustomed to something; to acclimate; to adjust.

   I'm getting used to this climate.

   Over time, you will get used to being on the front line.

2. (transitive) to make accustomed, to accustom, to habituate (someone to something).

   I'm gradually getting them used to the idea.

3. (colloquial, US) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get,‎ used.

   This sponge gets used to clean cars.

Related terms

• getting used to

Translations

to become accustomed (intransitive)

• Arabic: اِعْتَادَ (iʕtāda) (عَلَى (ʕalā))
• Azerbaijani: öyrəşmək, alışmaq, adət etmək, vərdiş etmək
• Belarusian: звыка́ць impf (zvykácʹ), звы́кнуць pf (zvýknucʹ), прывыка́ць impf (pryvykácʹ), прывы́кнуць pf (pryvýknucʹ)
• Bulgarian: сви́квам (bg) impf (svíkvam), сви́кам pf (svíkam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慣／惯 (zh) (guàn), 習慣／习惯 (zh) (xíguàn)

• Czech: zvykat si impf, zvyknout si pf
• Esperanto: alkutimiĝi
• Finnish: tottua (fi)
• French: s’habituer (fr) (à)
• Galician: acostumarse (gl), afacerse (gl)
• Georgian: მიჩვევა (mičveva)
• German: sich gewöhnen (de) (an)
• Ingrian: aattua, tottua
• Irish: cleacht
• Italian: abituarsi (it), fare l'abitudine
• Japanese: 慣れる (ja) (なれる, nareru)
• Korean: 익숙해지다 (ko) (iksukhaejida)
• Latin: insuescō, adsuescō, (rare or poetic) suescō
• Latvian: pierast, ierast, parast
• Old English: ġewunian (tō)
• Polish: przywykać impf, przywyknąć (pl) pf, przyzwyczajać się (pl) impf, przyzwyczaić się (pl) pf
• Portuguese: acostumar-se (a)
• Romanian: a se obișnui (ro) (cu), a se învăța (ro) (cu)
• Russian: привыка́ть (ru) impf (privykátʹ), привы́кнуть (ru) pf (privýknutʹ) (к... k... + dative case)
• Slovak: zvykať si impf, zvyknúť si pf, privykať si impf, privyknúť si pf
• Spanish: acostumbrarse (es), avezarse (es)
• Swahili: zoea
• Swedish: vänja sig (sv)
• Ukrainian: звика́ти (uk) impf (zvykáty), зви́кнути pf (zvýknuty), призвича́юватися (uk) impf (pryzvyčájuvatysja), призвича́їтися pf (pryzvyčájitysja)
• Yiddish: זיך צוגעוווינען (zikh tsugevoynen)

to make accustomed (transitive) — see accustom

See also

• get acquainted with
• familiarise

Anagrams

• guested