user experience

American  

noun

1. Digital Technology. the perception and response of a person toward design elements of software or digital media while interacting with it. UX

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Etymology

Origin of user experience

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

OpenAI is planning to unify its ChatGPT app, coding platform Codex and browser into a desktop “superapp,” a step to simplify the user experience and continue with efforts to focus on engineering and business customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“It feels like there’s more work to do to understand how the match, the enrollment process and the user experience will work.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

"These include comprehensive systemic-risk assessments and mitigation frameworks, enhanced protections for younger users, and ongoing work to design our services in ways that promote a safe and trusted user experience," it said.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Turner is an academic whose concern lies with user experience and the way A.I. will affect society.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

In internal company correspondence, attacks on the hypocrisy of the music companies and defenses of a democratic communications structure imperceptibly gave way to discussions of "customer base," "user experience," and "saleable demographics."

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James