output
out·put AW [output outputs outputted outputting] noun, verb BrE [ˈaʊtpʊt] NAmE [ˈaʊtpʊt]
noun uncountable, singular
1. the amount of sth that a person, a machine or an organization produces
• Manufacturing output has increased by 8%.
2. (computing)the information, results, etc. produced by a computer
•data output
•an output device
compare ↑input
3. the power, energy, etc. produced by a piece of equipment
•an output of 100 watts
4. a place where energy, power, information, etc. leaves a system
• Connect a cable to the output.
Thesaurus:
output noun U, sing.
•Manufacturing output has increased by 8%.
production • • productivity • • yield •
a high/low output/productivity/yield
manufacturing/industrial output/production/productivity
boost/improve/increase/raise/reduce output/production/productivity/yields
Output or production? Output can belong to a country, company, person or machine; you cannot use production in this way:
•the country's/company's total output
✗ the country's/company's total production
Example Bank:
•10 per cent of the country's total output
•The plant plans to increase output to 10 000 cars a year.
•a steady output of new ideas
•changes in the level of output
•her prodigious literary output
•the fall in output due to outdated equipment
verb (out·put·ting, out·put, out·put)~ sth (computing)
to supply or produce information, results, etc
• Computers can now output data much more quickly.
compare ↑input
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