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# output

noun (output, outputs); verb (output, outputs, output or outputted, outputting)

«output» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The amount of something that is made or produced. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/#m1)
2. (computers) What a computer or machine gives out, like words on a screen or a printout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/#m2)
3. (maths) The number that comes out of a function machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/#m3)
4. (verb) To produce or give out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths, the function machine takes an input, does a rule (like × 3) and gives an output. In computing lessons, input goes in, output comes out (screen, speakers, printer). In science and economics, power output and factory output. Phrases: input and output, energy output.

### Examples

- If the input is 4 and the rule is add 5, the output is 9. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/#x1)
- The printer is an output device. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/#x2)
- The factory's output doubled this year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/#x3)
- The speakers output the sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/#x4)
- Solar panels have a lower output on cloudy days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/#x5)
- Write the output for each input in the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: input. Past form: output (or outputted in computing). In maths: output = rule applied to input; to find the input from the output, do the inverse (opposite) operation.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «output» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/output/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«output» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/output.html) on Mova free.