output

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Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtpʊt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊtpʊt

Noun

output (countable and uncountable, plural outputs)

1. That which is produced by something, especially that which is produced within a particular time period or from a particular effort.
   1. (economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.

      The factory increased its output this year.

      • 1956, Yuan-li Wu, An Economic Survey of Communist China‎, New York: Bookman Associates, →OCLC, page 284:

        Output at the Pen-ch'i mine, which produced somewhat under 1 million tons annually during 1942-1944, was around 500,000 tons in 1949.

      • 2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240:

        It misdesigned goods, adversely selected technologies, misallocated and misremunerated factors of production, encouraged work to rule, underproduced, misdistributed outputs and was subject to a myriad of moral hazards.

      • 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

        Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid and unique to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

   2. (computing) 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. (medicine) The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.
   4. (electrical engineering) The amount of power produced by a particular system.
   5. (computing, electrical engineering) The terminal through which the data or power is delivered from the source, output terminal.

Derived terms

• cardiac output
• economic output
• industrial output
• input-output section
• input-output table
• multioutput
• netput
• nonoutput
• output area
• output arm
• output rating

Related terms

• input

Translations

production; quantity produced, created, or completed

Afrikaans: uitset Arabic: مُخرَج m Bulgarian: произво́дство (bg) n (proizvódstvo), проду́кция (bg) f (prodúkcija) Chinese: Cantonese: 輸出 / 输出 (syu1 ceot1) Hokkien: 輸出 / 输出 (su-chhut) Mandarin: 輸出 / 输出 (zh) (shūchū) Czech: výstup (cs) m, produkce (cs) f Dutch: productie (nl) f Finnish: tuotanto (fi) Irish: aschur m, táirgeacht f Italian: risultato (it) m, produzione (it) f Japanese: 出力 (ja) (shutsuryoku) Latin: fructus (la) m Macedonian: прои́зводство n (proízvodstvo) Maori: huaputa Ottoman Turkish: حاصل (hasıl) Polish: produkcja (pl) f, urobek (pl) m Portuguese: produção (pt) f Romanian: producție (ro) f Russian: произво́дство (ru) n (proizvódstvo), проду́кция (ru) f (prodúkcija), вы́работка (ru) f (výrabotka) Scottish Gaelic: toradh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: проѝзвод m, про̀дукт m Roman: proìzvod (sh) m, pròdukt (sh) m Spanish: producción (es) f, output m Swedish: tillverkning (sv) c, produktion (sv) c Turkish: çıktı (tr) Ukrainian: ви́готовлення n (výhotovlennja), ви́добуток m (výdobutok), проду́кція f (prodúkcija)

data sent out of the computer

Afrikaans: afvoer Arabic: إِخْرَاج m (ʔiḵrāj) Bulgarian: и́зход (bg) (ízhod), изве́ждане n (izvéždane) Chinese: Cantonese: 輸出 / 输出 (syu1 ceot1) Hokkien: 輸出 / 输出 (su-chhut) Mandarin: 輸出 / 输出 (zh) (shūchū) Czech: výstup (cs) m Dutch: uitvoer (nl) m, output (nl) m Estonian: väljund Finnish: tuloste (fi) French: sortie (fr) f German: Ausgabe (de) f Hebrew: פֶּלֶט (he) m (pelet) Hungarian: kimenet (hu) sg Irish: aschur m Italian: uscita (it) f Japanese: 出力 (ja) (shutsuryoku) Korean: 출력 (chullyeok) Macedonian: излезен податок m (izlezen podatok), излезни податоци pl (izlezni podatoci) Maori: huaputa Persian: بُرونداد (fa) (borundâd) Polish: wyjście (pl) n Portuguese: saída (de dados/informação) (pt) f Russian: вы́вод (ru) m (vývod) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: izlazni podatak ? Spanish: salida (es) f, output m, egresión f (disused), egreso (es) m Swedish: utdata (sv) n pl Thai: เอาท์พุต (ao pút) Turkish: çıktı (tr) Ukrainian: ви́від m (vývid) Vietnamese: đầu ra (vi)

output terminal

Dutch: uitgang (nl)

Verb

output (third-person singular simple present outputs, present participle outputting, simple past and past participle output or outputted)

1. (economics) To produce, create, or complete.

   We output 1400 units last year.

2. (computing) 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.

Derived terms

• outputter
• reoutput

Translations

produce or create

Bulgarian: произвеждам (bg) (proizveždam) Chinese: Cantonese: 輸出 / 输出 (syu1 ceot1) Hokkien: 輸出 / 输出 (su-chhut) Mandarin: 輸出 / 输出 (zh) (shūchū) Dutch: produceren (nl), opleveren (nl) Finnish: tuottaa (fi), valmistaa (fi) French: produire (fr) German: ausgeben (de) Persian: فرآوردن (fa), تولید (fa) Polish: produkować (pl) Romanian: produce (ro), crea (ro) Spanish: producir (es) Swedish: tillverka (sv)

send data to out of a computer

Afrikaans: afvoer Bulgarian: извеждам (bg) (izveždam) Chinese: Cantonese: 輸出 / 输出 (syu1 ceot1) Hokkien: 輸出 / 输出 (su-chhut) Mandarin: 輸出 / 输出 (zh) (shūchū) Dutch: als uitvoer geven, uitvoeren (nl) Esperanto: eksterdoni Finnish: tulostaa (fi) French: exporter (fr) German: ausgeben (de) Irish: aschuir Persian: بُروندادن, بُرونداد (fa) Polish: wysyłać (pl) Romanian: trimite la ieșire (date) f

Anagrams

• put out, put-out, putout

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English output.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: out‧put

Noun

output m (plural outputs, no diminutive)

1. (computing) output (data sent out)
2. output (that which is produced)

Synonyms

• uitvoer

Antonyms

• input

Finnish

Etymology

< English output

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯tput/, [ˈɑ̝u̯t̪put̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑutput

Noun

output (jargon)

1. synonym of tuotos (“output, production”)
2. synonym of tuloste (“output data”)
3. synonym of lähtö (“output terminal”)

Declension

Inflection of output (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		output	outputit
genitive		outputin	outputien
partitive		outputia	outputeja
illative		outputiin	outputeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		output	outputit
accusative	nom.	output	outputit
	gen.	outputin
genitive		outputin	outputien
partitive		outputia	outputeja
inessive		outputissa	outputeissa
elative		outputista	outputeista
illative		outputiin	outputeihin
adessive		outputilla	outputeilla
ablative		outputilta	outputeilta
allative		outputille	outputeille
essive		outputina	outputeina
translative		outputiksi	outputeiksi
abessive		outputitta	outputeitta
instructive		—	outputein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of output (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative outputini outputini accusative nom. outputini outputini gen. outputini genitive outputini outputieni partitive outputiani outputejani inessive outputissani outputeissani elative outputistani outputeistani illative outputiini outputeihini adessive outputillani outputeillani ablative outputiltani outputeiltani allative outputilleni outputeilleni essive outputinani outputeinani translative outputikseni outputeikseni abessive outputittani outputeittani instructive — — comitative — outputeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative outputisi outputisi accusative nom. outputisi outputisi gen. outputisi genitive outputisi outputiesi partitive outputiasi outputejasi inessive outputissasi outputeissasi elative outputistasi outputeistasi illative outputiisi outputeihisi adessive outputillasi outputeillasi ablative outputiltasi outputeiltasi allative outputillesi outputeillesi essive outputinasi outputeinasi translative outputiksesi outputeiksesi abessive outputittasi outputeittasi instructive — — comitative — outputeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative outputimme outputimme accusative nom. outputimme outputimme gen. outputimme genitive outputimme outputiemme partitive outputiamme outputejamme inessive outputissamme outputeissamme elative outputistamme outputeistamme illative outputiimme outputeihimme adessive outputillamme outputeillamme ablative outputiltamme outputeiltamme allative outputillemme outputeillemme essive outputinamme outputeinamme translative outputiksemme outputeiksemme abessive outputittamme outputeittamme instructive — — comitative — outputeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative outputinne outputinne accusative nom. outputinne outputinne gen. outputinne genitive outputinne outputienne partitive outputianne outputejanne inessive outputissanne outputeissanne elative outputistanne outputeistanne illative outputiinne outputeihinne adessive outputillanne outputeillanne ablative outputiltanne outputeiltanne allative outputillenne outputeillenne essive outputinanne outputeinanne translative outputiksenne outputeiksenne abessive outputittanne outputeittanne instructive — — comitative — outputeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative outputinsa outputinsa accusative nom. outputinsa outputinsa gen. outputinsa genitive outputinsa outputiensa partitive outputiaan outputiansa outputejaan outputejansa inessive outputissaan outputissansa outputeissaan outputeissansa elative outputistaan outputistansa outputeistaan outputeistansa illative outputiinsa outputeihinsa adessive outputillaan outputillansa outputeillaan outputeillansa ablative outputiltaan outputiltansa outputeiltaan outputeiltansa allative outputilleen outputillensa outputeilleen outputeillensa essive outputinaan outputinansa outputeinaan outputeinansa translative outputikseen outputiksensa outputeikseen outputeiksensa abessive outputittaan outputittansa outputeittaan outputeittansa instructive — — comitative — outputeineen outputeinensa

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English output.

Noun

output n (plural outputuri)

1. output

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	output	outputul		outputuri	outputurile
genitive-dative	output	outputului		outputuri	outputurilor
vocative	outputule			outputurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English output

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaudput/ [ˈau̯ð̞.put̪]
• Rhymes: -audput
• Syllabification: out‧put

Noun

output m (plural output)

1. (economics) output

   Synonym: producción

2. (computing) output

   Synonym: salida

Usage notes

• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “output”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025