USER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does user mean? 

• USER (noun)
  The noun USER has 3 senses:

1. a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something

2. a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically

3. a person who takes drugs

  Familiarity information: USER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• USER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("user" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "user"):

consumer (a person who uses goods or services)

end user (the ultimate user for which something is intended)

usufructuary (someone who holds property by usufruct)

utiliser; utilizer (someone who puts to good use)

wearer (a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory)

Derivation:

use (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

exploiter; user

Hypernyms ("user" is a kind of...):

selfish person (a person who is unusually selfish)

Derivation:

use (seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who takes drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

drug user; substance abuser; user

Hypernyms ("user" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "user"):

addict (someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms)

head (a user of (usually soft) drugs)

tripper ((slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations)

Derivation:

use (take or consume (regularly or habitually))

 Context examples 

Validating that the device meets the user's needs and intended uses.

(Device Design Validation Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task.

(Computer Application, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes those currently using, in treatment, and former users.

(Cancer Pain Group, NCI Thesaurus)

This novel technology requires no behaviour change or effort by users — safe water comes straight out of the tap.

(Chlorine dispensers fitted to public taps cut child diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)

This evaluation includes reviewing the user's maintenance procedures and processes as to whether they were followed.

(Device Maintenance Review Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

According to clinical data studies, users will very unlikely have an addiction to the medicine.

(Brazil grants registration for first cannabis-based drug, Agência Brasil)

Tests conducted to assess the interaction between a device and the user

(Device to Human Interaction Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

A proprietary information management system designed as a vendor-neutral platform that collects radiation oncology and medical oncology patient data into a single user interface.

(MOSAIQ Oncology Information Management System, NCI Thesaurus)

A collection of scientist and/or clinician users with a common research objective related to diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

(Cancer Research Group, NCI Thesaurus)

Questioning a pre-defined group of users about their practices.

(Device User Survey Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)