reuse

See also: Reuse, reusé, and re-use

English

Alternative forms

• re-use

Etymology

re- +‎ use

Pronunciation

• Noun: IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈjuːs/

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  • Rhymes: -uːs
• Verb: IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈjuːz/
  • Rhymes: -uːz

Noun

reuse (countable and uncountable, plural reuses)

1. 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.

Translations

act of salvaging or restoring a discarded item to yield something usable

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 用返

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

• Danish: genanvendelse (da) c, genbrug (da) n or c
• Finnish: uusiokäyttö, kierrätys (fi), kierrättäminen (fi)
• French: réemploi (fr) m, réusage (fr) m, réutilisation (fr) f
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• 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)
• Portuguese: reúso m
• Russian: повто́рное испо́льзование n (povtórnoje ispólʹzovanije)
• Swedish: återanvändning (sv) c

act of using again or in another place

• French: réemploi (fr) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gjenbruk (no) m

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• Portuguese: reúso m

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• reuser

Translations

to use again

• Basque: berrerabili
• Danish: genanvende, genbruge
• Dutch: herbruiken, hergebruiken (nl)
• Finnish: käyttää uudelleen, kierrättää (fi)
• French: réutiliser (fr)
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• German: wiederverwenden (de)
• Portuguese: reusar (pt)
• Russian: переиспо́льзовать (ru) (pereispólʹzovatʹ)
• Spanish: reusar (es)
• Swedish: återanvända (sv)

Anagrams

• resue, serue

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Spanish

Verb

reuse

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.