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reuse

noun
/ɹiːˈjuːs//ɹiːˈjuːz/

Etymology

From re- + use.

  1. derived from uti — “to use”
  2. derived from uso — “use”
  3. derived from user — “use, employ, practice”
  4. inherited from usen
  5. derived from ūsus — “use, custom, skill, habit”
  6. derived from us
  7. inherited from use
  8. prefixed as reuse — “re + use”

Definitions

  1. The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something…

    The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.

  2. The act of using again, or in another place.

    • Code reuse can save programmers a lot of typing.

  3. To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something…

    To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else).

    • The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reuse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA