re-use

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See also: reuse, Reuse, and reusé

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rē'yo͞os", IPA(key): /ˈɹiːˌjuːs/
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Noun

re-use (plural re-uses)

  1. Alternative spelling of reuse

Verb

re-use (third-person singular simple present re-uses, present participle re-using, simple past and past participle re-used)

  1. Alternative spelling of reuse
    • 2020 November 4, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Neyland (November 2010)”, in Rail, page 27:
      The statue was never traced, nor the culprits tracked down. The original moulds were re-used to cast an identical replica, which was installed in 2013 and is thankfully (at the time of writing) still there.

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