user
English
Etymology
From Middle English user, equivalent to use + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
user (plural users)
- One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer.
- 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
person who uses a computer
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an exploiter
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin uso
Pronunciation
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Verb
user
- to wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, grind down, run in
- Trois kilomètres à pied, ça use les souliers.
- to use
- Ne m'obligez pas à user de la 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 | ||||||
| past participle | usé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | use | uses | use | usons | usez | usent |
| imperfect | usais | usais | usait | usions | usiez | usaient | |
| past historic1 | usai | usas | usa | usâmes | usâtes | usèrent | |
| future | userai | useras | usera | userons | userez | useront | |
| conditional | userais | userais | userait | userions | useriez | useraient | |
| 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 | uses | use | usions | usiez | usent |
| imperfect1 | usasse | usasses | usât | usassions | usassiez | usassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | use | — | usons | usez | — | ||
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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
- IPA: /uːser/
Pronoun
ūser
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