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)

• Albanian: mësohem (sq)
• Arabic: اِعْتَادَ (iʕtāda) (عَلَى (ʕalā))
• Armenian: հարմարվել (hy) (harmarvel), ընտելանալ (hy) (əntelanal)
• 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:

  Cantonese: 慣 / 惯 (gwaan³), 習慣 / 习惯 (zaap⁶ gwaan³)

  Eastern Min: 慣勢 / 惯势 (gáing-*sié)

  Hakka: 習慣 / 习惯 (si̍p-koan)

  Hokkien: 慣勢 / 惯势 (zh-min-nan) (koàn-sì)

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

  Wu: 習慣 / 习惯 (⁸zhiq-kue)

• Czech: zvykat si impf, zvyknout si pf
• Danish: vænne sig (til)
• Dutch: wennen (nl) (aan)
• Esperanto: alkutimiĝi
• Estonian: harjuma, kohanema
• Finnish: tottua (fi)
• French: s’habituer (fr) (à), s’accoutumer (fr) (à)
• Galician: acostumarse (gl), afacerse (gl)
• Georgian: მიჩვევა (mičveva), შეგუება (šegueba)
• German: sich gewöhnen (de) (an)
• Hindi: आदत पड़ना (ādat paṛnā), अभ्यास पड़ना (abhyās paṛnā)
• Hungarian: megszokik (hu), hozzászokik (hu)
• Icelandic: venjast (is)
• Ingrian: aattua, tottua
• Irish: cleacht
• Italian: abituarsi (it), fare l'abitudine
• Japanese: 慣れる (ja) (なれる, nareru)
• Kazakh: әдеттендіру (ädettendıru), әдеттену (ädettenu), үйрену (üirenu)
• Khmer: ទំលាប់ (km) (tumlŏəp), ស៊ាំ (km) (sŏəm)
• Korean: 익숙해지다 (ko) (iksukhaejida)
• Kyrgyz: көнүү (ky) (könüü), көнүгүү (ky) (könügüü), үйрөнүү (ky) (üyrönüü), адаттануу (ky) (adattanuu)
• Lao: ລຶ້ງ (lưng), ລື້ງ (lư̄ng)
• Latin: insuescō, adsuescō, (rare or poetic) suescō
• Latvian: pierast, ierast, parast
• Lithuanian: priprask (lt)
• Macedonian: се навикнува impf (se naviknuva), се навикне pf (se navikne)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: venne seg (no) (til)

• Old English: ġewunian (tō)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: عادَت کَرْدَن (âdat kardan), خو گِرِفْتَن (xu gereftan), خو کَرْدَن (xu kardan)

• 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)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: навика́вати се impf, на̀викнути се pf, на̀вићи се pf

  Roman: navikávati se (sh) impf, nàviknuti se (sh) pf, nàvići se (sh) pf

• Slovak: zvykať si impf, zvyknúť si pf, privykať si impf, privyknúť si pf
• Slovene: navajati se impf, navaditi se pf
• Spanish: acostumbrarse (es), avezarse (es)
• Swahili: zoea
• Swedish: vänja sig (sv)
• Tajik: одат кардан (odat kardan), хӯ гирифтан (xü giriftan), хӯ кардан (xü kardan)
• Thai: ชิน (th) (chin)
• Turkish: alışmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: звика́ти (uk) impf (zvykáty), зви́кнути pf (zvýknuty), призвича́юватися (uk) impf (pryzvyčájuvatysja), призвича́їтися pf (pryzvyčájitysja)
• Urdu: عادَت پَڑْنا ('ādat paṛnā)
• Uzbek: odatlanmoq (uz), oʻrganmoq (uz)
• Vietnamese: quen (vi), thói quen (vi)
• Yiddish: זיך צוגעוווינען (zikh tsugevoynen)

to make accustomed (transitive) — see accustom

See also

• get acquainted with
• familiarise

Anagrams

• guested