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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Google’s latest lawsuit pushes the company to do more, such as warning users about the risks of having long emotional conversations with its chatbot.
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Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
On New Year’s Day, programmer Steve Yegge launched Gas Town, an open-source platform that lets users orchestrate swarms of Claude Code agents simultaneously, assembling software at blistering speed.
—Harvard Business Review, 5 Mar. 2026
Vote here The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
But until now, each carrier has offered satellite connectivity only within its country’s borders when users ventured beyond the normal cell-tower range.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
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Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
On New Year’s Day, programmer Steve Yegge launched Gas Town, an open-source platform that lets users orchestrate swarms of Claude Code agents simultaneously, assembling software at blistering speed.
—Harvard Business Review, 5 Mar. 2026
Vote here The Baltimore Sun reader poll is an unscientific survey in which website users volunteer their opinions on the subject of the poll.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
But until now, each carrier has offered satellite connectivity only within its country’s borders when users ventured beyond the normal cell-tower range.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
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“User.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/user. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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