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

LinkedIn grouped individual fast-growing skills into broader categories based on use cases and other factors. —Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026

These characteristics make the technology applicable to many use cases. —New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026

The expansion will test broader deployment and next-generation use cases in metro carrier networks. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026

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

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