Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.

    Benutzer, Verbraucher

    потреби́тельpotrebítelʹ, потреби́тельницаpotrebítelʹnica, клие́нтklijént

    спожива́чspožyváč, спожива́чкаspožyváčka

    a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something

  2. A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.

    Drogenkonsument

    наркома́нnarkomán, наркома́нкаnarkománka

    наркома́нnarkomán, наркома́нкаnarkománka

    a person who takes drugs

  3. A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.

    Benutzer, Benutzerin, Anwender

    по́льзовательpólʹzovatelʹ, по́льзовательницаpólʹzovatelʹnica, ю́зерjúzer

    користува́чkorystuváč, користува́чкаkorystuváčka

    a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically

  4. (derogatory)An exploiter, an abuser (a person who exploits others, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically).

    манипуля́торmanipuljátor

  5. (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.

Examples

281 sentences
  1. If you have any problems, please refer to the user manual.

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  2. I was the one who wrote the user manual for this software.

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  3. I don't need the user manual.

    ruМне не нужна инструкция.

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  4. I need the user manual.

    ruМне нужно руководство по эксплуатации.

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  5. Our web site attracts a lot of users.

    ruНаш веб-сайт привлекает много пользователей.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
one who uses something, a consumer:
one who uses drugs:
person who uses a computer:
Русский
By meaning 4
one who uses something, a consumer:
one who uses drugs:
person who uses a computer:
exploiter:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
one who uses something, a consumer:
one who uses drugs:
person who uses a computer:

Origin

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

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

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