user
//ˈjuːzə//
Forms
- Plural
- users
Definitions
1.A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
2.Clipping of username.(informal)
3.One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
4.A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1081
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English usere, equivalent to use + -er.
Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).