input
UK/ˈɪnpʊt/
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British/ˈɪnpɵt/
input noun: the act or process of putting in; infusion.
Noun
input (countable and uncountable, plural inputs)
- The act or process of putting in; infusion.
- That which is put in, as in an amount.
- Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice.
- You can provide input via this form.
- Data fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the output of that process.
- sound input
- An input jack.
- model with A/V input
Verb
input (third-person singular simple present inputs, present participle inputting, simple past and past participle input or inputted)
- To put in; put on.
- "Following the removal of the Golborne Link from the current Bill and, given the direct importance of maintaining the benefits that the Golborne Link would have delivered for Scotland, the Transport Minister has sought and received confirmation from the UK Minister of State for Transport that...2023 January 25, “Network News: Sturgeon and Burnham in secret talks to boost Scottish high-speed link”, in RAIL, number 975, page 11
- To enter data.
- The user inputs his date of birth and the computer displays his age.
- An artificial-intelligence application called Sudowrite wrote the paragraph above. I inputted the text of the first section of “The Metamorphosis” and then pressed a button called Wormhole. The computer composed the continuation.2021 April 30, Stephen Marche, “The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing”, in The New Yorker
- To accept data that is entered.
- The program inputs a value for the integer variable num and compares it with the constant integer limit.2009, J Stanley Warford, Computer Systems
input meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
input in Hindi
- input
- निवेश niveś
input in Tamil
- உள்ளீடு, இடுபொருள், தகவலை உள்ளிடு, உள்ளீடு செய்
input in Marathi
- इनपुट, इनपुट करा
input in Urdu
- درآمد, خرچ, لین, طاقت
More languagesFewer languages
- input in Bengali
- ইনপুট inpuţ
- input in Telugu
- ఇన్పుట్, ఇన్పుట్ చేయండి, ఇన్పుట్ చెయ్యండి
- input in Malayalam
- നിക്ഷേപം nikṣēpaṁ
- input in Kannada
- ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು, ಆದಾನ, ಪ್ರವೇಶ್ಯ, ಒಳಸೇರಿಕೆ
- input in Punjabi
- ਇੰਪੁੱਟ, ਇੰਪੁੱਟ ਕਰੋ, ਇਨਪੁੱਟ
- input in Gujarati
- ઇનપુટ, ઇનપુટ કરો, ઇનપુટ કરવા
- input in Odia
- ଇନ୍ପୁଟ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ, ଇନ୍ପୁଟ୍, ଇନପୁଟ କରନ୍ତୁ
- input in Sanskrit
- निवेश niveśa
- input in Nepali
- इनपुट, इनपुट गर्नुहोस्
- input in Arabic
- مُدْخَل mudḵal
- input in Indonesian
- memasukkan
- input in Persian
- درونداد, دروندادن
Examples of input in a sentence
- Since most users on the site are westerners, we have banned Unicode in all text input boxes.
- If the NOT gate input is 1, the output is 0.
- The software is the determiner if no input is given before the prompt times out.
Forms of input
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | inputs |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | imput |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | inputs |
| present participle | inputting |
| past participle | input |
| past | input |
| past participle | inputted |
| past | inputted |
Origin of input
From Middle English inputten, equivalent to in- + put.
Words formed from input
Phrases with input
Questions about input
- What does input mean?
- Input means the act or process of putting in; infusion.
- What is input in Hindi?
- Input in Hindi is निवेश (niveś). See Input meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is input?
- Input can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce input?
- Input is pronounced /ˈɪnpʊt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of input?
- The plural of input is inputs.
Words near input in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: input (page history and authors); निवेश (Hindi) (page history and authors); input (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); input (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); input (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ইনপুট (Bengali) (page history and authors); input (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); input (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); input (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); input (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); input (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); निवेश (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); input (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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