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output

[out-poot]

noun

  1. the act of turning out; production.

    the factory's output of cars; artistic output.

  2. the quantity or amount produced, as in a given time.

    to increase one's daily output.

  3. the material produced or yield; product.

  4. the current, voltage, power, or signal produced by an electrical or electronic circuit or device.

  5. Computers.

    1. information in a form suitable for transmission from internal to external units of a computer, or to an outside medium.

    2. the process of transferring data from internal storage to an external medium, as paper or microfilm.

  6. the power or force produced by a machine.



verb (used with or without object)

outputted, output, outputting. 
  1. Computers.to transfer (information) from internal storage to an external medium.

  2. to produce; turn out.

output

/ ˈʊˌʊ /

noun

  1. the act of production or manufacture

  2. Also called: outturn.the amount produced, as in a given period

    a high weekly output

  3. the material produced, manufactured, yielded, etc

  4. electronics

    1. the power, voltage, or current delivered by a circuit or component

    2. the point at which the signal is delivered

  5. the power, energy, or work produced by an engine or a system

  6. computing

    1. the information produced by a computer

    2. the operations and devices involved in producing this information See also input/output

  7. (modifier) of or relating to electronic, computer, or other output

    output signal

    output device

    output tax

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. computing to cause (data) to be emitted as output

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

output

  1. The energy, power, or work produced by a system or device.

  2. The information that a computer produces by processing a specific input.

  3. Compare input device

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Other Word Forms

  • superoutput noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of output1

First recorded in 1855–60; out- + put
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For Mr Chandrashekhar, boosting India's apple output will take more than just scientific work.

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Riding the crest of peppy, radio-friendly songs like “Surfer Girl,” “California Girls” and “Don’t Worry Baby,” Wilson was given nearly unchecked control over the group’s output by Capitol Records.

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And although local US producers of olive oil or similar products would gain a competitive edge, their output is small enough for it not to concern the likes of Spain.

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SMRs will be a fraction of the size and have up to a third of the generating output of a typical large reactor.

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His 2023 memoir, largely a study of his early life and craft, alluded to the toll that his drug use took on his output.

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