output
/'autput/
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Definition
Noun:
- The amount of something produced: "output" refers to the quantity of goods, services, or data generated within a specific period.
- The product or result of a process: It can also mean the final product or the result that comes out of a system, machine, or activity.
- The signal or data produced by an electronic system: In technology, "output" is the information or signal delivered by a computer or device.
Verb:
- To produce, deliver, or send out data or a product: This means to generate and transmit information, results, or manufactured items from a system.
Examples
Noun:
- The factory's monthly output has increased by 15%.
- The computer's audio output is connected to the speakers.
- Her creative output includes three novels and several short stories.
Verb:
- The program will output the results to a text file.
- The printer is outputting the document now.
Advanced Usage
"Gross output": the total value of goods and services produced.
- The country's gross output grew steadily last quarter.
"Output device": a hardware component that presents data from a computer.
- A monitor is a common output device.
Variants and Related Words
Outputting (gerund/participle): the act of producing or sending out data.
- The machine is currently outputting the daily reports.
Outputter (noun, rare): one that or that which outputs.
- The new software acts as a faster data outputter.
Synonyms
- Production: the action of making or manufacturing.
- Yield: the amount produced.
- Result: a consequence, effect, or outcome.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(Note: "Output" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its usage is typically straightforward as a verb or noun.)
Related Idioms
(Note: There are no common idioms that center on the word "output.")
Noun
- what is produced in a given time period
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- production was up in the second quarter
- signal that comes out of an electronic system
- production of a certain amount
- final product; the things produced
Verb
- to create or manufacture a specific amount
- the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running