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# accustomed

«accustomed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Used to something, so it feels normal because you have…** — 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

adjective (accustomed); used mostly in "accustomed to"

### meaning for a pupil

1) Used to something, so it feels normal because you have met it often. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustomed/#m1)

2) (formal) Usual, regular, as in "her accustomed seat". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustomed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows how a character got used to a new place, food or routine: she grew accustomed to the cold. Phrases: be accustomed to, get/become/grow accustomed to, accustomed to doing.

### examples

- My eyes grew accustomed to the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustomed/#x1)
- He was not accustomed to getting up so early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustomed/#x2)
- After a month we became accustomed to the new school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustomed/#x3)
- She sat in her accustomed place by the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustomed/#x4)
- Cats get accustomed to a new home slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustomed/#x5)
- I am accustomed to walking to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustomed/#x6)
- "I am accustomed to better things," said the beetle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustomed/#x7)

### note

After "accustomed to" use a noun or -ing form: accustomed to waking, not "accustomed to wake" (mostly). Everyday synonym: used to. Spelling: double c. More formal than "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 «accustomed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accustomed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.