wheelchair user

collocation in English

meaningsofwheelchairanduser

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wheelchair
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwiːl.tʃeər/us
/ˈwiːl.tʃer/
a chair on wheels that people who are unable to walk use for ...
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user
noun[C]
uk
/ˈjuː.zər/us
/ˈjuː.zɚ/
someone who uses a product, machine, ...
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(Definition ofwheelchairanduserfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwheelchair user

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He is awheelchairuserwho has cerebral palsy.
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She is awheelchairuser, now receiving £52.70 a week in severe disablement allowance.
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However, by specifying the type of taxi, it is clear that he is awheelchairuser.
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She is awheelchairuserand now receives £52.70 a week in severe disablement allowance.
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She has been awheelchairusersince being injured in a road accident in 1993.
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It made him awheelchairuserfor almost a year.
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With a few notorious exceptions, new public places are equipped with ramps and rest rooms for thewheelchairuser.
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Someone with a spinal injury who is awheelchairuserwill require very different adaptations from someone with partial sight.
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What if there is not staff available at the station when thewheelchairusergets on or off the train?
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Travelling in the guard's van with the baggage is still by no means an unusual experience for thewheelchairuser.
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He had been awheelchairusersince a car accident in 1985.
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She was thereafter awheelchairuserwhen not confined to her bed. 24.
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Awheelchairuseris less disabled in an environment without stairs.
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She became awheelchairuser, and took up table tennis and archery.
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During the next six years he became awheelchairuser, and nearly blind.
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He suffered a severe stroke in 1999 which made him awheelchairuser.
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She suffers from juvenile chronic arthritis, and is awheelchairuser.
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