Word family noun usage use disuse misuse reuse usefulness ≠ uselessness user adjective reusable used ≠ unused disused useful ≠ useless usable ≠ unusable verb use misuse reuse adverb usefully ≠ uselessly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreusere‧use /ˌriːˈjuːz/ verb [transitive] USE somethingto use something again The bottles are designed to be reused up to 20 times. —reusable adjective reusable containers —reuse /ˌriːˈjuːs/ noun [uncountable] to purify water for reuse→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
reuse• Sterilized needles for taking blood are never reused.• His power dams were also running day and night, spilling water into the ocean before it could be reused.• Certainly we know from Pope Gregory's instructions that temples existed and were reused by the Christians.• Buss believes his project is the right way to reinvigorate a neighborhood, by reusing existing buildings.• Of course, it helps that the actual La Jolla gallery space was reused from the earlier design.• Never reuse old remedy bottles or envelopes for a different remedy or potency.• The supermarket encourages shoppers to reuse plastic bags.• I keep all my drawings and quite often reuse them years later.• With downsizing and consolidation all the rage, owners are left with empty spaces and few choices in reusing them. 