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# reuse

«reuse» in Mova's school dictionary: **to use it again instead of throwing it away, either for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (reuse, reuses, reused, reusing); noun (reuse — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To reuse something means to use it again instead of throwing it away, either for the same job or for a new one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reuse/#m1)

2) Reuse is the act of using things again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reuse/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and everyday life, reuse is one of the «three Rs»: reduce, reuse, recycle; reusing saves materials and energy and makes less rubbish. Examples: a refillable water bottle, jars for storing buttons, the back of paper for drawing. Reuse is different from recycling, which breaks a thing down to make new material. Phrases: reuse and recycle, reusable bag, reuse paper.

### examples

- We reuse glass jars to keep pencils and crayons in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reuse/#x1)
- Reduce, reuse, recycle! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reuse/#x2)
- Mum reuses shopping bags every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reuse/#x3)
- I reused an old shoebox to make a diorama. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reuse/#x4)
- Do not reuse a plastic bottle for drinks too many times — wash it well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reuse/#x5)
- Reusing things means less rubbish goes to the landfill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reuse/#x6)
- We drew on the back of the paper to reuse it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reuse/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: reused, reusing (one word, no hyphen today; older «re-use»). Adjective: reusable. Trap: reuse is not recycle — reusing keeps the thing as it is; recycling turns it into raw material. Some things are not safe to reuse, such as single-use masks, needles or plastic cutlery meant for once.

### In the corpora

- [Many spiders eat their old web before building a new one, to reuse the protein in the silk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones/7/)
- [Saving food, water and energy and reusing bottles and bags means less land cleared and less pollution.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/17/)
- [Around 1450 Johannes Gutenberg in Germany built a printing press with movable metal letters that could be reused.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation/5/)
- [Reduce, reuse, recycle: use less, use things again, and turn waste into new materials.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/47-natural-resources/16/)
- [Reduce, Reuse and Recycle are three ways to make less waste.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/57-environment/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reuse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reuse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.