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

But OpenAI can’t weigh in on individual use cases for its technology, Altman said, such as distinguishing which specific military operations might be considered good or bad. —Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026

The Pentagon objected, demanding that the military be allowed to use the platform for all lawful use cases. —Lola Murti, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026

Think about all these use cases where there are AI agents sitting on various devices—your glasses, your watch, your phone, your PC. —Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026

Travel is a very big use case for us, right? —Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 3 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