"re-use" meaning in English

See re-use in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹiːˌjuːs/ Audio: En-us-re-use.ogg Forms: re-uses [plural]
enPR: rē'yo͞os" Head templates: {{en-noun}} re-use (plural re-uses)
  1. Alternative spelling of reuse Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: reuse
    Sense id: en-re-use-en-noun-fw91DE93

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹiːˌjuːs/ Audio: En-us-re-use.ogg Forms: re-uses [present, singular, third-person], re-using [participle, present], re-used [participle, past], re-used [past]
enPR: rē'yo͞os" Head templates: {{en-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 Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: reuse Derived forms: re-user
    Sense id: en-re-use-en-verb-fw91DE93 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82

Inflected forms

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