user
English
/ˈjuːzə/, /ˈjuzɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer/client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
- A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
- (computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
- (pejorative) An exploiter, an abuser (a person who "uses" people, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly and/or unethically).
- (legal) (dated) 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. Modern law, guarded against ambiguity, widely disfavors the term.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English usere affix from English use.
Origin
English
use
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- CheckUser English
- abuse English
- base English
- box English
- check English
- friendly English
- hyper-use English
- interuser English
- land English
- list English
- misuse English
- multiuse English
- multiuser English
- name English
- nonuse English
- nonuser English
- overuse English
- overuser English
- pass English
- peruse English
- reuse English
- single English
- single-user English
- space English
- superuser English
- time-use English
- underuse English
- underuser English
- unuse English
- use English
- used English
- usee English
- useful English
- useless English
- user-friendliness English
- user-friendly English
- userbase English
- userbox English
- usercentric English
- useress English
- userhood English
- userland English
- userless English
- userlist English
- username English
- userpass English
- usership English
- userspace English
- usest English
- useth English
- usewear English
- usare Italian
- юзер Russian
- username Portuguese
- use Middle English
- usen Middle English
- usere Middle English
- usser Old French
- uzi Esperanto
- יוזר Hebrew (modern)
- ইউজাৰ Assamese
- yusim Tok Pisin
- use
- box
- pass
- used
- usee
- list
- name
- land
- base
- check
- abuse
- usest
- space
- reuse
- useth
- unuse
- single
- useful
- nonuse
- peruse
- misuse
- useress
- nonuser
- userbox
- overuse
- usewear
- useless
- userbase
- multiuse
- friendly
- userpass
- username
- userlist
- time-use
- overuser
- userhood
- userland
- underuse
- userless
- usership
- superuser
- underuser
- hyper-use
- multiuser
- userspace
- interuser
- CheckUser
- single-user
- usercentric
- user-friendly
- user-friendliness