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output

noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtpʊt/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈawtpɵt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈæɔtpʊt/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈæʊtpʊt/
  • Scotland: /ˈʌʊtpʉt/
  • rhymes with -aʊtpʊt
  • CMU ARPABET: AW1 T P UH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.

Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: economics, sciences

Examples

  • The factory increased its output this year.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • a six-page output; six pages of output

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.

The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.

The amount of power produced by a particular system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.

The terminal through which the data or power is delivered from the source, output terminal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, computing, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To produce, create, or complete.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences

Examples

  • We output 1400 units last year.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • When I hit enter, it outputs a bunch of numbers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

production of a certain amount

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yield

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: production

Narrower terms: crop, harvest

9

noun

Meaning 9

final product; the things produced

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: end product

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: product, production

Narrower terms: crop, oeuvre, work, body of work, turning

10

noun

Meaning 10

what is produced in a given time period

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outturn, turnout

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: product, production

Narrower terms: throughput

11

noun

Meaning 11

signal that comes out of an electronic system

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: output signal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: signal, signaling, sign

Narrower terms: printout, readout, read-out

12

noun

Meaning 12

the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • production was up in the second quarter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yield, production

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: indefinite quantity

Narrower terms: picking, pick

13

verb

Meaning 13

to create or manufacture a specific amount

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: produce, make, create

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: uitset — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Arabic: مُخرَج — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Bulgarian: произво́дство (proizvódstvo) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Bulgarian: проду́кция (prodúkcija) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Chinese Cantonese: 輸出 /输出 (syu1 ceot1) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Chinese: 輸出 /输出 (su-chhut) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輸出 /输出 (shūchū) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Czech: výstup — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Czech: produkce — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Dutch: productie — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Finnish: tuotanto — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • German: Output — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Irish: aschur — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Irish: táirgeacht — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Italian: risultato — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Italian: produzione — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Japanese: 出力 (shutsuryoku) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Latin: fructus — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Macedonian: прои́зводство (proízvodstvo) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Māori: huaputa — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Polish: produkcja — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Polish: urobek — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Portuguese: produção — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Romanian: producție — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Russian: произво́дство (proizvódstvo) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Russian: проду́кция (prodúkcija) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Russian: вы́работка (výrabotka) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Scottish Gaelic: toradh — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Serbo-Croatian: проѝзвод — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Serbo-Croatian: про̀дукт — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Serbo-Croatian: proìzvod — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Serbo-Croatian: pròdukt — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Spanish: producción — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Spanish: output — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Swedish: tillverkning — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Swedish: produktion — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Tagalog: awtput — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Turkish: çıktı — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Ottoman Turkish: حاصل (hasıl) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Ukrainian: ви́готовлення (výhotovlennja) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Ukrainian: ви́добуток (výdobutok) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Ukrainian: проду́кція (prodúkcija) — production; quantity produced, created, or completed
  • Afrikaans: afvoer — data sent out of the computer
  • Arabic: إِخْرَاج (ʔiḵrāj) — data sent out of the computer
  • Bulgarian: и́зход (ízhod) — data sent out of the computer
  • Bulgarian: изве́ждане (izvéždane) — data sent out of the computer
  • Chinese Cantonese: 輸出 /输出 (syu1 ceot1) — data sent out of the computer
  • Chinese: 輸出 /输出 (su-chhut) — data sent out of the computer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輸出 /输出 (shūchū) — data sent out of the computer
  • Czech: výstup — data sent out of the computer
  • Dutch: uitvoer — data sent out of the computer
  • Dutch: output — data sent out of the computer
  • Estonian: väljund — data sent out of the computer
  • Finnish: tuloste — data sent out of the computer
  • French: sortie — data sent out of the computer
  • German: Ausgabe — data sent out of the computer
  • German: Output — data sent out of the computer
  • Hebrew: פֶּלֶט (pelet) — data sent out of the computer
  • Hungarian: kimenet — data sent out of the computer
  • Irish: aschur — data sent out of the computer
  • Italian: uscita — data sent out of the computer
  • Japanese: 出力 (shutsuryoku) — data sent out of the computer
  • Korean: 출력 (chullyeok) — data sent out of the computer
  • Macedonian: излезен податок (izlezen podatok) — data sent out of the computer
  • Macedonian: излезни податоци (izlezni podatoci) — data sent out of the computer
  • Māori: huaputa — data sent out of the computer
  • Persian: بُرونداد (borundâd) — data sent out of the computer
  • Polish: wyjście — data sent out of the computer
  • Portuguese: saída (de dados/informação) — data sent out of the computer
  • Russian: вы́вод (vývod) — data sent out of the computer
  • Serbo-Croatian: izlazni podatak — data sent out of the computer
  • Spanish: salida — data sent out of the computer
  • Spanish: output — data sent out of the computer
  • Spanish: egresión (disused) — data sent out of the computer
  • Spanish: egreso — data sent out of the computer
  • Swedish: utdata — data sent out of the computer
  • Thai: เอาท์พุต (ao pút) — data sent out of the computer
  • Turkish: çıktı — data sent out of the computer
  • Ukrainian: ви́від (vývid) — data sent out of the computer
  • Vietnamese: đầu ra — data sent out of the computer
  • Dutch: uitgang — output terminal
  • Bulgarian: произвеждам (proizveždam) — produce or create
  • Chinese Cantonese: 輸出 /输出 (syu1 ceot1) — produce or create
  • Chinese: 輸出 /输出 (su-chhut) — produce or create
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輸出 /输出 (shūchū) — produce or create
  • Dutch: produceren — produce or create
  • Dutch: opleveren — produce or create
  • Finnish: tuottaa — produce or create
  • Finnish: valmistaa — produce or create
  • French: produire — produce or create
  • German: ausgeben — produce or create
  • Persian: فرآوردن — produce or create
  • Persian: تولید — produce or create
  • Polish: produkować — produce or create
  • Romanian: produce — produce or create
  • Romanian: crea — produce or create
  • Spanish: producir — produce or create
  • Swedish: tillverka — produce or create
  • Afrikaans: afvoer — send data to out of a computer
  • Bulgarian: извеждам (izveždam) — send data to out of a computer
  • Chinese Cantonese: 輸出 /输出 (syu1 ceot1) — send data to out of a computer
  • Chinese: 輸出 /输出 (su-chhut) — send data to out of a computer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輸出 /输出 (shūchū) — send data to out of a computer
  • Dutch: als uitvoer geven — send data to out of a computer
  • Dutch: uitvoeren — send data to out of a computer
  • Esperanto: eksterdoni — send data to out of a computer
  • Finnish: tulostaa — send data to out of a computer
  • French: exporter — send data to out of a computer
  • German: ausgeben — send data to out of a computer
  • Irish: aschuir — send data to out of a computer
  • Persian: بُروندادن — send data to out of a computer
  • Persian: بُرونداد — send data to out of a computer
  • Polish: wysyłać — send data to out of a computer
  • Romanian: trimite la ieșire — send data to out of a computer
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