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

Corbet issued a statement defending the AI use cases amid swelling online revolt. — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Fund debt paydown out of the same budget as new AI use cases so that every model that ships also retires a data-quality issue on its critical path. — Gopichand Mannava, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Security is the first use case, but the company plans to add an energy agent for your home’s power, a clean agent for your robot vacuums, and more. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026

The growing normalization and adoption of open-weight AI models, as enterprises and consumers alike seek to customize models to their unique use cases. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 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