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

/ ˈaʊtˌpʊt /

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

verb

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

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

Other Word Forms

• superoutput noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of output¹

First recorded in 1855–60; out- + put

Example Sentences

Corporate taxes are now low and labor’s share of economic output is too.

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Even if the official assessment is worse than thought, productivity - a measure of the output of the economy per hour worked - has long been problematic.

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However, crude palm oil prices are unlikely to keep rising due to market expectations of higher output and stock levels in the coming weeks, Ng says.

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British energy giant BP on Tuesday reported a sharp rise in net profit for the third quarter as higher oil output and cost-cutting helped offset a drop in crude prices.

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Crude futures made small gains after OPEC+ said it will return another 137,000 barrels a day of curtailed production in December, but will pause output increases in the first quarter of 2026.

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