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adaptive reuse

adaptive reuse noun: the use of an existing building for a purpose other than that for which it was built or designed.

Noun

adaptive reuse (countable and uncountable, plural adaptive reuses)

  1. The use of an existing building for a purpose other than that for which it was built or designed.

Forms of adaptive reuse

pluraladaptive reuses

Questions about adaptive reuse

What does adaptive reuse mean?
Adaptive reuse means the use of an existing building for a purpose other than that for which it was built or designed.
What part of speech is adaptive reuse?
Adaptive reuse is a noun.
What is the plural of adaptive reuse?
The plural of adaptive reuse is adaptive reuses.

Words near adaptive reuse in the dictionary

  1. adaptive intelligence
  2. adaptive learning
  3. adaptive management
  4. adaptive optics
  5. adaptive radiation
  6. adaptive reuse
  7. adaptive reuses
  8. adaptive tile refresh
  9. adaptive zone
  10. adaptive zones
  11. adaptive-control function

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