plural users
: someone who uses something: such as
a
: a person who uses a product or service
smartphone users
library users
The site has millions of users.
users of the city's transit system
see also end user, user fee, user-friendly, user interface, username
b
: a person who frequently uses alcoholic beverages or narcotics
a drug user
Examples of user in a Sentence
a person who started out as a user and is now a drug dealer as well
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Typically when a Netflix user is done watching an episode, they are done with the show.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
The Blockchain Association emphasizes the lack of developer control over user funds, while Coin Center argues that the defendants’ activity doesn’t justify sanctions liability.
—Andrea Tinianow, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
One of those sounds was intended to play every time a user started up or rebooted Windows 95.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
These stats are based on user evaluations (not synthetic benchmarks) and show a greater than 2-to-1 preference for Gemini 2.5 Pro reports.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
The Blockchain Association emphasizes the lack of developer control over user funds, while Coin Center argues that the defendants’ activity doesn’t justify sanctions liability.
—Andrea Tinianow, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
One of those sounds was intended to play every time a user started up or rebooted Windows 95.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
These stats are based on user evaluations (not synthetic benchmarks) and show a greater than 2-to-1 preference for Gemini 2.5 Pro reports.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for user
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“User.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/user. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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