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input

input

42 3.9
A resource used to make goods or provide services
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnpʊt/
  • Specialized
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  • To improve the quality of the final product, the company carefully analyzed the inputs used in production.
  • labor inputs
  • capital inputs
  • energy input

But it also has to do with the input cost of parts.

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Examples

  • Students were asked to share their goals and received general input from the teacher on how to achieve the goals.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The survey was designed by the researcher with input from teachers, librarians, and university literacy professors.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But it also has to do with the input cost of parts.

  • Firms continue to report increases in prices for inputs and their own goods.

  • The process also requires substantial inputs of fossil-fuel energy (as does the mining process itself).

    Academic text (2011)
  • The factory increased its production efficiency by optimizing the input of raw materials.

  • In this project, we need to gather all relevant inputs from stakeholders before making a decision.

Synonyms

supply
vsinput
395 1.3

The act of providing things people need

is a thing used in production rather than the act of providing it
feedstock
vsinput
  • Specialized
5 7.4

Raw material used in a factory to make products or energy

is broader, covering labor, materials, or information used in production

Antonyms

128 3.1

The amount a person, machine, or factory makes

Compounds

input data
  • Specialized
1 3.3

Information that a computer or program receives to work on

input device
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A tool like a keyboard or mouse that sends information to a computer

Material or part brought from another country to make things

input signal
  • Specialized
1 3.8

An electrical change that enters a device as information to be processed

input file
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A computer file that contains data for a program to use

data input device
  • Specialized
3.1

A tool used to put information into a computer, like a keyboard or mouse

input program
  • Specialized
5.8

Software that takes data from devices or files and converts it into a form the computer can use

input routine
  • Specialized
5.3

Part of a computer program that reads data from a keyboard or file and keeps it inside

output-to-input ratio
  • Specialized
6.0

How much power a device gives out compared with the power put in

How Much

investment
3.2
supply
395 1.3
resource
2.0
input
  • Specialized
42 3.9
contribution
373 2.8

Surface Forms

input singular
inputs plural

Morphology

input = put (semi-transparent) = in + put

The economic sense 'resources put into production' follows the same morphological logic but is a technical extension that may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Input comes from in- 'into' and put 'to place'. When farmers or factories 'put' resources like water, labour, or materials 'into' production, these resources are called inputs because they become part of making the product.