- 1 the amount of something that a person, a machine or an organization produces Manufacturing output has increased by 8%. Wordfinderindustrycapacity, industry, just-in-time, labour, lead time, output, raw material, shipping, supply chain, warehouse Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivehigh, large, massive, … … of outputlevel verb + outputproduce, double, expand, … output + verbincrease, rise, decrease, … prepositionoutput of phrasesa drop in output, a fall in output, a growth in output, … See full entry See related entries: Manufacturing
- 2 (computing) the information, results, etc. produced by a computer data output an output device compare input Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivehigh, large, massive, … … of outputlevel verb + outputproduce, double, expand, … output + verbincrease, rise, decrease, … prepositionoutput of phrasesa drop in output, a fall in output, a growth in output, … See full entry See related entries: Computer programming
- 3the power, energy, etc. produced by a piece of equipment an output of 100 watts
- 4a place where energy, power, information, etc. leaves a system Connect a cable to the output. Extra examples 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 a steady output of new ideas changes in the level of output her prodigious literary output the fall in output due to outdated equipment
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BrE BrE//ˈaʊtpʊt//; NAmE NAmE//ˈaʊtpʊt//
[uncountable, singular] Manufacturing, Computer programmingCheck pronunciation: output
