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

That use case is one of the reasons why OpenAI is focused on building infrastructure, Altman said. —Annie Palmer,samantha Subin,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 1 June 2026

As the partnership begins, Catalyst Brands and Figure say will identify the optimal use cases for humanoid automation across their operations. —Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 1 June 2026

And this new Nvidia hardware signals the maturation of that early vision, offering a new level of power, driving use cases that, even recently, sounded like science fiction. —Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026

That is a very different exercise from asking each department to find use cases. —Brian Solis, Forbes.com, 1 June 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