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

So again, one of the classic use cases is what is your fertile window? —Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026

Now the company has announced the results of a real world external use case. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026

Some viewers found a use case beyond parenting. —Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026

Drone use is heavily limited by battery anxiety, but without a battery the use cases really open up. —Omar Kardoudi april 05, New Atlas, 5 Apr. 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