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reuse

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Synonyms: rouse, refuse, ruse, reule, recuse, neuse, meuse, retuse, reume, reus, creuse

Antonyms: rouse, refuse, ruse, reule, recuse, neuse, meuse, retuse, reume, reus, creuse

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  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.

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.

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