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

Disagreements bubbled up about everything from ethical-use cases to whether Bitcoin’s ecosystem should expand to include new tokens. —Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026

As Jeanologia’s needs and use cases evolve, the company will expand and refine that dataset and use it to train new versions of the system. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 16 Mar. 2026

However, there are restrictions on sensitive use cases, such as handling sensitive data or drafting speeches. —Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Mar. 2026

Michael explained various anodyne use cases. —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 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