User Meaning
/ˈjuːzə/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
nounA person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
Sentence Examples
Our new product development efforts must be done from the end user's viewpoint.
This ring is a magic item that gives great power to its user.
In Soviet Russia, the computer uses the user!
CEFR Practice Quiz
The app was designed to be easy for every ____ to navigate.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ guide provides clear and step-by-step instructions on how to set up the new computer device today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English usere, equivalent to use + -er. Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages."
— 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The app was designed to be easy for every ____ to navigate.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ guide provides clear and step-by-step instructions on how to set up the new computer device today.