I. out ‧ put 1 W2 AC /ˈaʊtpʊt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
1 . the amount of goods or work produced by a person, machine, factory etc ⇨ production :
Output is up 30% on last year.
manufacturing/industrial/agricultural etc output
Korea’s agricultural output
output of
the world’s output of carbon dioxide
2 . the information produced by a computer OPP input
3 . technical the amount of electricity produced by a ↑ generator
II. output 2 AC BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle output , present participle outputting ) [transitive]
if a computer outputs information, it produces it