adaptive reuse

noun

The use of an existing building for a purpose other than that for which it was built or designed.

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Meanings

nounadaptive reuse (countable and uncountable, plural adaptive reuses)

plural adaptive reuses

  1. countableuncountableThe use of an existing building for a purpose other than that for which it was built or designed.
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adaptive reuse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaptive%20reuse

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“adaptive reuse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaptive%20reuse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adaptive reuse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaptive%20reuse.

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