Word.ws English Dictionary

reusage

reusage noun: a subsequent usage.

Noun

reusage (countable and uncountable, plural reusages)

  1. A subsequent usage.
    • Some excellent work of its kind, carved out of sparkling and solid granite. Its kind is the reusage of communal styles, especially the Romanesque and early Gothic, as modernized by the late John Flannagan.1962 October 27, Stuart Preston, “Art: A Mythical Voyage Into Cubism; Works of Campalans at Bodey Gallery”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
    • The major part of the 11.4 million tons of waste paper reclaimed in 1969 came from corrugated containers, corrugated clippings and mixed papers from office buildings followed closely by reusage of newspapers and high‐grade papers from printing and converting plants.1971 January 24, Alexander R. Hammer, “Paper Makers Grope for Upturn”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2026

Forms of reusage

pluralreusages
alternative formre-usage

Origin of reusage

From re- + usage.

Questions about reusage

What does reusage mean?
Reusage means a subsequent usage.
What part of speech is reusage?
Reusage is a noun.
What is the plural of reusage?
The plural of reusage is reusages.

Words near reusage in the dictionary

  1. reusabilities
  2. reusability
  3. reusable
  4. reusables
  5. reusably
  6. reusage
  7. reusages
  8. Reusch
  9. reuse
  10. reuseable
  11. reused

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reusage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “reusage.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/reusage. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.