use case

noun

variants or less commonly use-case

ˈyüs-ˌkās 

plural use cases also use-cases

: a use to which something (such as a proposed product or service) can be put : application sense 1a(2)

There are various use cases for the cloud: website hosting, disaster recovery, … etc.

—David Balaban

Users seem to want single-purpose mobile apps that nail a specific use case quickly.

—Josh Constine

The pandemic has pushed the adoption of technology for various use-cases.

—businesswire.com

Examples of use case in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And yet, one day later, Axios reported that the Pentagon may sever its relationship with Anthropic over the company’s insistence that two use cases—the mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weaponry—remain off limits. —John Kell, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026

The analyst also pointed to Nebius’ software as another driver and applauded the company’s AI Cloud offering —designed for large-scale training and workloads — and its Token Factory, which targets production inference and post-training use cases. —Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026

Many use cases are still being deployed or piloted, and the agency’s AI database is filled with jargon and platitudes that, in many instances, can be interpreted in multiple ways. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026

The finals highlighted how emerging aviation technologies are moving beyond industry use cases and into organized mass-participation sports. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for use case

• aerospace
• anatase
• anyplace
• commonplace
• cyberspace
• database
• diabase
• diastase
• dnase
• elastase
• fireplace
• hyperspace