reuse.
The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.
Meaning & usage
The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.
The act of using again, or in another place.
Code reuse can save programmers a lot of typing.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English use English reuse From re- + use.
To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else).
The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.
To use again, or in another place.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English use English reuse From re- + use.
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