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user base

user base noun: the established group of users for a particular computer program, technology, etc.

Noun

user base (plural user bases)

  1. The established group of users for a particular computer program, technology, etc.
    • A corporate takeover of this project is likely to alienate the user base.
    • The site has more than 100 million users and would increase Yahoo's already substantial portfolio of social sites with young user bases2013 December 10, James Vincent, “Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer rumoured to be interested in popular photo-sharing site Imgur”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
    Synonyms:
    usership

Examples of user base in a sentence

  • Reddit, renowned for its devoted user base who refer to one another as Redditors, appears to have been boosted by updates to Google’s search engine this year.2024 November 28, Dan Milmo, “Reddit overtakes X in popularity of social media platforms in UK”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian...
  • More than half of Pinterest’s user base now hails from Gen Z, who browse and buy products directly from the site’s pinboards.2025 October 26, Jordyn Holman, “How Pinterest Is Courting Gen Z With ‘Safer’ Social Media”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New...
  • In India, Snapchat monthly users have surpassed 250 million, making up more than a quarter of its user base, according to numbers Snap released in July.2025 November 26, Queenie Wong, “Snapchat is nearing 1 billion monthly users. Why can’t it turn a profit?”, in Los Angeles Times, Los...

Synonyms of user base

Forms of user base

pluraluser bases
alternative formuser-base
alternative formuserbase

Questions about user base

What does user base mean?
User base means the established group of users for a particular computer program, technology, etc.
How do you use user base in a sentence?
Reddit, renowned for its devoted user base who refer to one another as Redditors, appears to have been boosted by updates to Google’s search engine this year.
What part of speech is user base?
User base is a noun.
What is the plural of user base?
The plural of user base is user bases.

Words near user base in the dictionary

  1. user
  2. user account
  3. user accounts
  4. user agent
  5. user agents
  6. user base
  7. user bases
  8. user charge
  9. user charges
  10. user control
  11. user controls

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