English Explanatory Dictionary

user

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
  2. A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
  3. A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
  4. Clipping of username.
  5. An exploiter, an abuser (a person who exploits others, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically).
  6. In land law, meaning either 1. or 2. above or use. Usually in singular form to mean use wherever there is assiduous re-use of precedents and aloof textbooks verbatim.
noun
  1. Someone who uses the R programming language.

Pronunciation

/ˈjuːzə/ yo͞o′zər /ˈjuzɚ/ en-us-user.ogg

Word forms

user users

Etymology

From Middle English usere, equivalent to use + -er. Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).

Synonyms

parasite

Antonyms

nonuser non-user

Related words

abuser misuser user guide user interface user manual user satisfaction user's guide user's manual

Derived words

10-foot user interface character user interface drug user end-user end user end user license agreement graphical user interface healthy user bias magic user mail user agent multi-user dungeon multi-user multiuser natural user interface power user re-user road user root user single-user super-user useR user account user agent user base user-centric usercentric user charge user control User Datagram Protocol user-defined user-defined function user-defined graphic useress user experience user-friendliness user-friendly user friendly user-generated content user group user-hostile user ID usermode user name user page user plane user story user time user-unfriendly user-upper user-worked use the user wheelchair user zombie user

Translations

Abkhaz: алахәыла Afrikaans: gebruiker Albanian: përdorues Amharic: አባል Arabic: مُسْتَخْدِم Arabic: مُسْتَخْدِمَة Arabic: يوزر Armenian: օգտվող Armenian: օգտատեր Assamese: সদস্য Assamese: ব্যৱহাৰকাৰী Assamese: ইউজাৰ Asturian: usuariu Azerbaijani: işlədici Bashkir: ҡулланыусы Basque: erabiltzaile Belarusian: карыста́льнік Belarusian: карыста́льніца Bengali: ব্যবহারকারী Bulgarian: потреби́тел Bulgarian: потреби́телка Burmese: သုံးစွဲသူ Burmese: အသုံးပြုသူ Buryat: хэрэглэгшэ Carpathian Rusyn: хоснователь Carpathian Rusyn: хоснователька Catalan: usuari Catalan: usuària Chechen: декъашхо Chinese Cantonese: 用戶 /用户 Eastern Min Chinese: 用戶 /用户 Hakka Chinese: 用戶 /用户 Chinese: 用戶 /用户 Chinese Mandarin: 用戶 /用户 Chuvash: хутшӑнакан Crimean Tatar: qullanıcı Czech: uživatel Czech: uživatelka Danish: bruger Dutch: gebruiker Dutch: gebruikster Esperanto: uzanto Estonian: kasutaja Finnish: käyttäjä French: utilisateur French: utilisatrice West-Frisian: brûker Galician: usuario Georgian: მომხმარებელი German: Benutzer German: Benutzerin German: Anwender German: Anwenderin Greek: χρήστης Greek: χρήστρια Gujarati: સભ્ય Hebrew: מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ Hebrew: מִשְׁתַּמֶּשֶׁת
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