re-use

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re-use

Past participle: re-used
Gerund: re-using

Imperative
re-use
re-use

Present
I re-use
you re-use
he/she/it re-uses
we re-use
you re-use
they re-use

Preterite
I re-used
you re-used
he/she/it re-used
we re-used
you re-used
they re-used

Present Continuous
I am re-using
you are re-using
he/she/it is re-using
we are re-using
you are re-using
they are re-using

Present Perfect
I have re-used
you have re-used
he/she/it has re-used
we have re-used
you have re-used
they have re-used

Past Continuous
I was re-using
you were re-using
he/she/it was re-using
we were re-using
you were re-using
they were re-using

Past Perfect
I had re-used
you had re-used
he/she/it had re-used
we had re-used
you had re-used
they had re-used

Future
I will re-use
you will re-use
he/she/it will re-use
we will re-use
you will re-use
they will re-use

Future Perfect
I will have re-used
you will have re-used
he/she/it will have re-used
we will have re-used
you will have re-used
they will have re-used

Future Continuous
I will be re-using
you will be re-using
he/she/it will be re-using
we will be re-using
you will be re-using
they will be re-using

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been re-using
you have been re-using
he/she/it has been re-using
we have been re-using
you have been re-using
they have been re-using

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been re-using
you will have been re-using
he/she/it will have been re-using
we will have been re-using
you will have been re-using
they will have been re-using

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been re-using
you had been re-using
he/she/it had been re-using
we had been re-using
you had been re-using
they had been re-using

Conditional
I would re-use
you would re-use
he/she/it would re-use
we would re-use
you would re-use
they would re-use

Past Conditional
I would have re-used
you would have re-used
he/she/it would have re-used
we would have re-used
you would have re-used
they would have re-used

Translations

re-use

[ˌriːˈjuːz] VT → volver a usar, reutilizar

re-use

[n riːˈjuːs; vt ˌriːˈjuːz]

1. n → riutilizzazione f

2. vt → riusare, riutilizzare

References in periodicals archive ?

Items donated by the public that are in good condition are re-used, keeping them out of the waste stream and some organisations are also able to repair and refurbish items before making them available for re-use, recycling bosses said.

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Hungary introduced a system of taxes for beverage containers that differentiate between reusable and non-reusable packaging, the contents of the container, and the rates of re-use achieved by the manufacturers or distributors.

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WESTMINSTER - After more than three years of study, the Town Hall Re-Use Committee has recommended that the old Town Hall building on Bacon Street be renovated for use as a senior center.

Old Town Hall recommended for use as senior center

Nearly half of all shoppers don't re-use bags with one in 10 accepting a bag for just one item then throwing it away.

UK's bag behaviour

Rather, it houses a private collection, takes a more measured view of automotive history and is also concerned with wider issues of sustainability and re-use, to the extent that its facade is composed of redundant car bodies, stripped, cleaned and crushed into compact building 'blocks' mounted in a steel frame.

Mansilla & Tunon: automotive museum, Torrejon de la Calzada, Spain

After undergoing $10.5 million in extensive renovations completed in 2002 to modernize the building Norden Park garnered the 2003 "Adaptive Re-Use Project of the Year" award by New York Construction Magazine.

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Under the scenario presented by T n T Recovery, 0 percent would have been saved for re-use, up to 95 percent recycled and the remaining debris placed in a landfill.

The new demolition: a case study compares deconstruction to traditional demolition and examines how both practices approach the recycling of scrap wood

The department was drawn to Montgomery Park because it was a renovated brownfield site that made creative re-use of polluted stormwater, which has devastated the Chesapeake Bay.

A green vision for Baltimore

A mechanical shape library allegedly permits re-use of commonly used items and components, such as screws, spacers, nuts, etc.

MCAD system

The photo-documentary report entitled "The Digital Dump: Exporting High-Tech Re-use and Abuse to Africa," explores what is thought to be an escalating global trade in toxic, obsolete, discarded computers and other e-scrap.

Old electronics from America, Europe fuel toxic crisis in Africa

On the job site, hauling material in and hauling it away has become more expensive as fuel prices rise, providing a clear reason to consider on-site crushing and re-use of old highway sections.

Breaking through barriers

The SX cartridge upgrade for Type S rotary joints offers the ability to re-use an existing head, flexible hoses and syphon equipment.