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Noun

reuse (plural reuses)

  1. The act of salvaging or in some manner returning a discarded item into something usable.
  2. (computing) code re-use indicates splitting program code into modules or classes so it can be re-used by other programs. data re-use refers to legal rights to re-use for publication, data that one has downloaded or licensed from a third party.

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

Translations

to use again
  • Danish: genanvende da(da), genbruge da(da)
  • Dutch: herbruiken nl(nl), hergebruiken nl(nl)
  • Finnish: käyttää uudelleen, kierrättää

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