end user

noun

: 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.
Recent Examples on the Web Measurement and analytics teams are accustomed to controlling the gateways through which end users query available data. Forrester, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Another important consideration is the diversity of the end user. Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2024 First, banks would likely pass on all or part of their higher costs to end users. Will Daniel, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024 The end user, after all, is people, and the goal of civil engineering — like the Shoenecker Center itself — is to partner with community and industry on real-world problems. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024 Laminar has customers around the world and is proud to be serving an incredible experience to millions of end users every month where the tech just gets out of the way and the content from customers takes centre stage. Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024 Trust matters, too An additional incentive for AI companies to take up the standard is to cultivate trust with end users. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Feb. 2024 There’s no need for end users or device or app builders to take any of these precautions now. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2024 Out of an abundance of caution and in keeping with security in-depth principles, all end users should patch the vulnerabilities as well, but the urgency in this case is fairly relaxed. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

end user

noun
: the ultimate consumer of a finished product

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