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output

  • /ˈaʊtpʊt/ US, UK
  • /ˈawtpɵt/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈæɔtpʊt/ Australia
  • /ˈæʊtpʊt/ New Zealand
  • /ˈʌʊtpʉt/ Scotland

Rhymes with -aʊtpʊt

Where it comes from

From out + (verb) put; nominalisation of put out.

noun outputs

  1. countable, uncountable Production; quantity produced, created, or completed. The factory increased its output this year.
  2. countable, uncountable Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another. a six-page output; six pages of output
  3. countable, uncountable The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.
  4. countable, uncountable The amount of power produced by a particular system.
  5. countable, uncountable The terminal through which the data or power is delivered from the source, output terminal.

verb outputs · outputting · output · outputted

  1. To produce, create, or complete. We output 1400 units last year.
  2. To send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer, or to send data from one program on the computer to another. When I hit enter, it outputs a bunch of numbers.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: outturn, end product, yield, turnout, output signal, goods, producer, commodity, exportation, dep, product, export, income, exits, debit, workload

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noun production; quantity produced, created, or completed

Españolproducción, output
日本語出力 shutsuryoku
中文輸出 /输出 shūchū
Portuguêsprodução
DeutschOutput
Italianorisultato, produzione
Românăproducție
Русскийпроизво́дство proizvódstvo, проду́кция prodúkcija, вы́работка výrabotka
العربيةمُخرَج

noun data sent out of the computer

Españolsalida, output, egresión (disused), egreso
한국어출력 chullyeok
日本語出力 shutsuryoku
中文輸出 /输出 shūchū
Portuguêssaída (de dados/informação)
Françaissortie
DeutschAusgabe, Output
Italianouscita
Русскийвы́вод vývod
Tiếng Việtđầu ra
العربيةإِخْرَاج ʔiḵrāj
עבריתפֶּלֶט pelet

verb produce or create

Españolproducir
中文輸出 /输出 shūchū
Françaisproduire
Deutschausgeben
Românăproduce, crea

verb send data to out of a computer

中文輸出 /输出 shūchū
Françaisexporter
Deutschausgeben
Românătrimite la ieșire

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@misc{output_2026,
  title = {output},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/output},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}