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Webster 1913 Edition
User
Us′er
,Noun.
1.
One who uses.
Shak.
2.
(Law)
Enjoyment of property; use.
Mozley & W.
Webster 1828 Edition
User
U'SER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
user
user
See also: US'er
English
Noun
user (plural users)
- One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer.
- 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- [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.
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- 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 abusive user (a person who uses something or someone unfairly, selfishly and/or unethically).
Antonyms
Synonyms
- (one that unfairly takes advantage of or exploits): parasite
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Translations
one who uses something, a consumer
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one who uses drugs
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person who uses a computer
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exploiter
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.ze/
Verb
user
- to wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, grind down, run in
- Trois kilomètres à pied, ça use les souliers.
- Three kilometers on foot, it wears off the shoes.
- to use (used with de)
- Ne m'obligez pas à user de la force.
- I'm not obliged to use force
Conjugation
Conjugation of user (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | user | avoir usé | |||||
| gerund | en usant | en ayant usé | |||||
| present participle | usant /y.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | usé /y.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | use /yz/ |
uses /yz/ |
use /yz/ |
usons /y.zɔ̃/ |
usez /y.ze/ |
usent /yz/ |
| imperfect | usais /y.zɛ/ |
usais /y.zɛ/ |
usait /y.zɛ/ |
usions /y.zjɔ̃/ |
usiez /y.zje/ |
usaient /y.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | usai /y.ze/ |
usas /y.za/ |
usa /y.za/ |
usâmes /y.zam/ |
usâtes /y.zat/ |
usèrent /y.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | userai /yz.ʁe/ |
useras /yz.ʁa/ |
usera /yz.ʁa/ |
userons /yz.ʁɔ̃/ |
userez /yz.ʁe/ |
useront /yz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | userais /yz.ʁɛ/ |
userais /yz.ʁɛ/ |
userait /yz.ʁɛ/ |
userions /y.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
useriez /y.zə.ʁje/ |
useraient /yz.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | use /yz/ |
uses /yz/ |
use /yz/ |
usions /y.zjɔ̃/ |
usiez /y.zje/ |
usent /yz/ |
| imperfect1 |
usasse /y.zas/ |
usasses /y.zas/ |
usât /y.za/ |
usassions /y.za.sjɔ̃/ |
usassiez /y.za.sje/ |
usassent /y.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | use /yz/ |
— | usons /y.zɔ̃/ |
usez /y.ze/ |
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Derived terms
Anagrams
Gallo
Etymology
From Latin ūsus, past participle of ūtor, ūtī (“use, employ”).
Verb
user
- (transitive, cooking) to boil down
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *no-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Old Frisian ūse(r) (“our”), Old Saxon ūser (“our”), Old High German unsēr, unsār (“our”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 (unsar, “our”), Old English ūs (“us”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ūser (possessive)
Old French
Etymology
Verb
user
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of user (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | user | avoir usé | |||||
| gerund | en usant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | usant | ||||||
| past participle | usé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | us | uses | use | usons | usez | usent |
| imperfect | usoie, useie, usoe, useve | usoies, useies, usoes, useves | usoit, useit, usot, useve | usiiens, usiens | usiiez, usiez | usoient, useient, usoent, usevent | |
| preterite | usai | usas | usa | usames | usastes | userent | |
| future | userai | useras | usera | userons | useroiz, usereiz, userez | useront | |
| conditional | useroie, usereie | useroies, usereies | useroit, usereit | useriiens, useriens | useriiez, useriez | useroient, usereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | us | us | ust | usons | usez | usent |
| imperfect | usasse | usasses | usast | usissons, usissiens | usissoiz, usissez, usissiez | usassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | use | — | usons | usez | — | ||