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# accustom

«accustom» in Mova's school dictionary: **to get used to it: «It took a week to accustom myself to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (accustom, accustoms, accustomed, accustoming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To accustom yourself to something means to get used to it: «It took a week to accustom myself to the new school.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustom/#m1)

2) Accustomed to (adjective) means used to: «I'm accustomed to early mornings.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustom/#m2)

3) (formal) Accustomed also means usual: «She sat in her accustomed seat.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustom/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and formal writing, characters become accustomed to new places, the dark, the cold or a new family. In science, eyes become accustomed to the dark (they adjust). Phrases: «accustom yourself to», «become accustomed to», «grow accustomed to».

### examples

- It took me a few days to accustom myself to the new timetable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustom/#x1)
- Our eyes slowly became accustomed to the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustom/#x2)
- The puppy soon grew accustomed to its new home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustom/#x3)
- Grandpa sat in his accustomed chair by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustom/#x4)
- The family from Spain became accustomed to the rain in Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustom/#x5)
- She is accustomed to getting up at six. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustom/#x6)

### note

Regular verb, usually used with «yourself» or in «accustomed to». After «to», use a noun or «-ing»: «accustomed to waking up», not «to wake up». Double «c»: ac-cus-tom. Opposite: unaccustomed. Everyday words: «get used to», «used to».

### In the corpora

- [«The Mole's cap was missing from its accustomed peg.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood/28/)
- [Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.395/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «accustom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.