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reused

reused is the simple past and past participle of reuse.

Meaning of reuse

Verb

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

  1. To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else).
    • The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.
  2. 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

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Questions about reused

What is reused the simple past and past participle of?
Reused is the simple past and past participle of reuse.

Words near reused in the dictionary

  1. reusage
  2. reusages
  3. Reusch
  4. reuse
  5. reuseable
  6. reused
  7. Reusel-De Mierden
  8. reuser
  9. reusers
  10. reuses
  11. reusing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reused (page history and authors); reuse (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.

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