reuse

English

Alternative forms

• re-use

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːz

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.

Translations

returning a discarded item into something usable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重複使用 (cmn), 重复使用 (cmn) (chóngfù shǐyòng)

• Danish: genanvendelse (da) c, genbrug (da) n and c
• Finnish: uusiokäyttö, kierrätys, kierrättäminen
• French: réemploi (fr) m, réusage (fr) m, réutilisation (fr) f

• German: Wiederverwendung (de) f
• Japanese: 再利用 (ja) (さいりよう, sairiyō), リユース (ja) (riyūsu), 再使用 (ja) (さいしよう, saishiyō)
• Russian: повторное использование (ru) (povtórnoje ispólʹzovanije) n 

code re-use in computing

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• French: réemploi (fr) m, recyclage (fr) m

Verb

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

• reuser

Translations

to use again

• Danish: genanvende (da), genbruge (da)
• Dutch: herbruiken (nl), hergebruiken (nl)
• Finnish: käyttää uudelleen, kierrättää
• French: réutiliser (fr)

• German: wiederverwenden (de)
• Russian: снова использовать (ru) (snóva ispólʹzovatʹ) 
• Spanish: reusar (es)

Anagrams

• serue

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Spanish

Verb

reuse (infinitive reusar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reusar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reusar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reusar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of reusar.