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user

[ yoo-zer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that uses.
a person who is addicted to or abuses a controlled substance or alcohol; one who uses illegal or addictive drugs, as in drug user
Digital Technology. a person who uses a computer, device, or application:
This interface should be more intuitive for users.

user

[ oo-zer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, Law.

user

/ ˈjuːzə /

law
1. the continued exercise, use, or enjoyment of a right, esp in property
2. a presumptive right based on long-continued use
  right of user
often in combination a person or thing that uses
a road-user
informal.
a drug addict

Origin of user¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English usere; use, -er ¹

Origin of user²

Noun use of Anglo-French user to use

The digital dating sphere can prove tricky, and bruising, for the trans user.

The user fee on duck stamps goes exclusively to funding federal acquisition of wetlands as wildlife habitat.

A click sends a user to a statement, a list of passenger nationalities, emergency call-center numbers, and other information.

That user's posts were being wiped completely from existence.

That lapse was partly mitigated by the rise of blogging, which encouraged user-generated content.

I made the arrangement shown in the sketch to take care of the line without any effort to the user.

As it is so important, and above all to the voice-user, it merits special consideration.

Therefore the user of these cutters should exercise care when cutting pipe.

Not that I should have done any better if I had had the myth or the novel, for I am not a good user of opportunities.

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