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Meaning of user | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C2 Standard
ˈjuːzə

Definitions

  1. Someone who uses the R programming language.
    slang
  2. One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
  3. One who consumes goods and services:consumer, customer.
  4. A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
  5. A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
  6. that can be used. Are any of these clothes usable? bruikbaar قابِل للإسْتِعْمال използваем utilizável použitelný brauchbar brugbar χρησιμοποιήσιμοςutilizable, aprovechable kasutamiskõlblik قابل استعمال käyttökelpoinen utilisable שִמוּשִי उपयोगी iskoristiv (fel)használható bisa dipakai nothæfur utilizzabile 使用可能な 사용하기 좋은 tinkamas naudoti lietojams boleh digunakan bruikbaaranvendelig, brukbar nadający się do użytku دپكار يدو، دكار، داستعمال وړ، په كار راتلونى utilizável utilizabil годный použit...
  7. Clipping of username.
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
  8. a person who uses something. computer users; drug-users. gebruiker مُسْتَعْمِل потребител usuário uživatel, -ka; spotřebitel, -ka der/die Benutzer(in), der/die Verbraucher(in) bruger; -bruger; narkoman χρήστηςusuario, persona que usa algo kasutaja مصرف کننده؛ کاربر käyttäjä utilisateur/-trice; usager/-ère מִשתַמֵש בְּ- उपभोक्ता, प्रयोग कर्त्ता, उपयोक्ता korisnik használó pemakai notandi utente, consumatore, consumatrice 使用者 사용자 vartotojas, naudotojas lietotājs; patērētājs pengguna gebruiker b...
  9. An exploiter, an abuser (a person who exploits others, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically).
    derogatory
  10. (of a computer, dictionary, system etc) that is easy or simple to use, understand etc. a user-friendly camera. gebruikervriendelik سَهْل الإستِعْمال лесен за употреба interface amigável user-friendly, jednoduchý k používání verbraucherfreundlich brugervenlig φιλικός προς το χρήστη fácil de usar kasutajasõbralik آسان کاربرد käyttäjäystävällinen facile à utiliser; convivial יְדִידוּתִי לַמִשתַמֵש उपयोक्ता-उन्मुखी lagan za korištenje felhasználóbarát (facile da usare) 使い易い 사용자에게 친숙한 patogus vart...
    etc
  11. In land law, meaning either 1. or 2. above or use. Usually in singular form to mean use wherever there is assiduous re-use of precedents and aloof textbooks verbatim.
    dated
  12. a list of instructions etc on how to use a particular product, system etc. The attached user guide explains how to install the program on your computer. gebruikerhandleiding مُرْشِد للمُسْتَعْمِل упътване guia do usuário / manual uživatelská příručka die Gebrauchsanweisung brugsanvisning; manual οδηγός χρήσης manual de instrucciones kasutusjuhend دفترچه راهنما käyttöopas manuel d'utilisation מַדרִיך לַמִשתַמֵש मार्गनिर्देशिका priručnik za korisnika használati utasítás (manuale di istruzioni) ...
    etc
  13. accustomed to. She isn't used to such hard work. مُعْتادٌ على acostumado a etwas gewohnt sein være vant til συνηθισμένος σε, μαθημένος σε acostumbrado/habituado a harjunud (millegagi) tottunut habitué à hozzászokott, -szokva terbiasa vera vanur (e-u) abituato a* ~に慣れている …에 익숙해져 있다 ápratæs pieradis gewend zijn aan عادت كول acostumado a obişnuit cu (ceva)/să привыкший к чему-л. navajen na van vid เคยชิน ...-e/a alışık/alışkın 習慣於... 习惯于…
  14. – (I, he etc) was in the habit of (doing something); (I, he etc) was (usually) in a particular position, state etc. I used to swim every day; She used not to be so forgetful; They used to play golf, didn't they?; Didn't you use(d) to live near me?; There used to be a butcher's shop there, didn't there? het vroeër إعْتادَ أن изразява обичайно действие в миналото costumar mívat ve zvyku; bývat gewohnt pleje συνήθιζα να soler, acostumbrar tavatses, varem(alt) عادت داشتن؛ طبق قاعده بودن oli tapan...
    etc
  15. One that uses: a user of public transportation.
  16. One who uses a computer, computer program, or online service.
  17. One who uses addictive drugs.

Equivalents

Беларуская карыстальнік
Català usuari
Ελληνικά χρήστης χρήστρια
Esperanto uzanto
Español usador usuario
Eesti tarbija
Euskara erabiltzaile
Français consommateur User User utilisateur
Gàidhlig cleachdaiche
Galego usuario
Bahasa Indonesia konsumen
Italiano utente
ქართული მომხმარებელი
한국어 리용자 사용자 유저 이용자
Lietuvių naudotoja naudotojas
മലയാളം ഉപഭോക്താവ്
Bahasa Melayu pengguna
Slovenščina uporabnik
Shqip përdorues
தமிழ் நுகர்வோர்
اردو صارف

Examples

“[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.”
“2019, The Highway Code (United Kingdom) Road Users Requiring Extra Care The most vulnerable road users are pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and horse riders. It is particularly important to be aware of children, older and disabled people, and learner and inexperienced drivers and riders. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/road-users-requiring-extra-care-204-to-225”
“2012, R. (Stephen Malpass) v Durham County Council, [2012] EWHC 1934 (Admin) http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2012/1934.html As to evidence of user... As to quality of user (i.e. was use by the public "as of right"), the inspector found that the grass over the whole of the application land has been regularly cut... ...which the inspector did not find sufficient of itself to render user permissive. Moreover, the defendant could not, the inspector advised, rely on communication to users that access to the land was regulated. Deferment to users of the organised pitches...”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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