reuse

/ɹiːˈjuːs/

reuse noun: the act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.

Noun

reuse (countable and uncountable, plural reuses)

The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.
The act of using again, or in another place.
- Code reuse can save programmers a lot of typing.

Verb

reuse (third-person singular simple present reuses, present participle reusing, simple past and past participle reused)

To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else).
- The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.
To use again, or in another place.
- The estimated 2.7 million cubic metres of chalk and flint excavated from each tunnel (and then mixed with water to create slurry) will be treated and then reused to landscape the site and create a 127-hectare chalk grassland habitat.2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52

reuse meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

reuse in Tamil

மறுபயன்பாடு

reuse in Marathi

पुनर्वापर

reuse in Bengali

পুনর্ব্যবহার করা, পুনর্ব্যবহার, পুনরায় ব্যবহার করার কাজ, প্রক্রিয়া

reuse in Telugu

పునర్వినియోగం, పునర్వినియోగపరచండి, పునర్వినియోగపరచడం

More languagesFewer languages

reuse in Malayalam: പുനരുപയോഗം, പുനരുപയോഗം ചെയ്യുക
reuse in Kannada: ಮರುಬಳಕೆ
reuse in Gujarati: પુનઃઉપયોગ, પુનઃઉપયોગ કરો, પુનઃઉપયોગ કરવો
reuse in Odia: ପୁନଃବ୍ଯ଼ବହାର କରନ୍ତୁ
reuse in Nepali: पुनः प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्
reuse in Vietnamese: tái sử dụng, sử dụng lại

Examples of reuse in a sentence

Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
Its deconstructability was high, so a significant amount of material could be salvaged and reused.
Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment.

All 34 example sentences with reuse

Forms of reuse

Noun
plural	reuses
alternative form	re-use
alternative form	reüse
Verb
third-person singular present	reuses
present participle	reusing
past participle	reused
past	reused

Past tense of reuse: reused

Plural of reuse: reuses

Origin of reuse

From re- + use.

Words formed from reuse

Words that rhyme with reuse

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Questions about reuse

What does reuse mean?: Reuse means the act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.
What is reuse in Tamil?: Reuse in Tamil is மறுபயன்பாடு. See Reuse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reuse?: Reuse can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce reuse?: Reuse is pronounced /ɹiːˈjuːs/.
What is the plural of reuse?: The plural of reuse is reuses.

Words near reuse in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: reuse (page history and authors); reuse (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reuse (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reuse (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reuse (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reuse (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reuse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reuse (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reuse (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reuse (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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: 2026-09-02

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