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- [verb yooz or for pt for mof 9, yoost; noun yoos]
- /verb yuz or for pt for mof 9, yust; noun yus/
- /ˌriːˈjuːz/
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- [verb yooz or for pt for mof 9, yoost; noun yoos]
- /verb yuz or for pt for mof 9, yust; noun yus/
Definitions of reuse word
- verb with object reuse to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife. 1
- verb with object reuse to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes: to use the facilities. 1
- verb with object reuse to expend or consume in use: We have used the money provided. 1
- verb with object reuse to treat or behave toward: He did not use his employees with much consideration. 1
- verb with object reuse to take unfair advantage of; exploit: to use people to gain one's own ends. 1
- verb with object reuse to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually: to use drugs. 1
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Origin of reuse
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (v.) Middle English usen < Old French user < Latin ūsus, past participle of ūtī to use; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin ūsus act of using a thing, application, employment, equivalent to ūt-, stem of ūtī to use + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s
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Parts of speech for Reuse
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
reuse popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
reuse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with reuse
- how to reuse candle jars?
- how many times can you reuse false eyelashes?
- what does reuse mean?
- how to reuse candle wax?
- how can you put the reuse technique to work?
- how to reuse k cups?
- how to reuse?
- what is reuse?
- why should we reuse things?
- how to reuse old light bulbs?
- how to reuse books?
- how to reuse plastic waste?
- why is it bad to reuse plastic water bottles?
- why should we reuse?
- how to reuse wastewater?