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

The lineup was deliberately constructed to reflect the diversity of models currently available to consumers, encompassing nearly every major price bracket and use case. —Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025

Venture capitalists predicted insurance, health care, and manufacturing would be the hottest use cases of the year. —Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 23 Dec. 2025

If mortgage lending companies implement agentic AI across the organization — to become truly agentic enterprises — the industry could become one of the most effective AI use cases in the marketplace today. —Geoff Green, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025

Engineers are already testing a new guidance system that uses a form of X-rays rather than ultrasound imaging, which should expand use cases. —IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025

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