noun · informal
username
UK/ˈjuː.zə.neɪm/US/ˈjuː.zər.neɪm/USER·name
Band 5-6speakingtask1
A unique name used to identify a user on a computer system or online service.
Examples
“Choose a username that you can remember but isn’t too obvious.”
“I forgot my username and had to recover it through email.”
“Never share your username and password with strangers.”
Band 8 sentence
“For security reasons, avoid using your full name as your username on public platforms.”
Collocations
- create a username
- username and password
Word family
username nounuser noun
Common mistakes
user name→username
my username is John→my username is John123
Say it for a higher band
5user name→6login name→7+username
Synonyms
login name
Easily confused
login name
“Enter your login name and password to continue.”
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