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output

n. C / U
B2 Upper Intermediate Oxford US //ˈaʊtˌpʊt// UK //ˈaʊtpʊt// out·put Academic General-service

n. the amount of something that a person, machine, or organization produces. It can also mean the information or results that a computer shows you.

n. the quantity of goods or services produced by a person, machine, or industry over a specific period. In a computational context, it refers to the data or signals produced by a system in response to an input.


SIMPLE

The factory increased its daily output by twenty percent.

CONTEXTUAL

The software generates a detailed output file after the data analysis is complete.

COMPLEX

Economists are concerned that the nation's industrial output has remained stagnant despite significant government investment in manufacturing infrastructure and workforce training.

Synonyms
Origin

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

Usage

Uncountable when referring to the general concept of production; countable when referring to specific data results or individual products.

Pitfall

The outputs of the factory is highThe output of the factory is highWhen referring to the total volume of production, the word is typically uncountable and takes a singular verb.

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