end user

noun

Synonyms of end usernext
: the ultimate consumer of a finished product

Examples of end user in a Sentence

Programmers should always keep the end user in mind when designing a new piece of software.
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Both a new channel and a new customer, AI search acts as an intermediary between your brand and the end user, crawling, extracting, summarizing, comparing and recommending—often without prompting a visit to your site. Adrien Menard, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Passing the increasing memory costs on to end users by raising PC prices is one way to protect profit margins, but the tactic can only go so far. Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 28 June 2026 But how somebody might use that information is probably not what the end user had in mind. Joel Feder, The Drive, 24 June 2026 Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom’s pricing of VMware. Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for end user

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of end user was circa 1945

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“End user.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/end%20user. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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end user

noun
: the ultimate consumer of a finished product

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