1
: something that is put in: such as
b
: information fed into a data processing system or computer
c
: power or energy put into a machine or system for storage, conversion in kind, or conversion of characteristics usually with the intent of sizable recovery in the form of output
d
: an amount put in
increased input of fertilizer increases crop yield
e
: a stimulus that acts on and is integrated into a bodily system
sensory input
f
: a component of production (such as land, labor, or raw materials)
2
: the means by which or the point at which an input (as of energy, material, or data) is made
3
: the act or process of putting in
inputted or input; inputting
: to enter (data) into a computer or data processing system
Synonyms
Examples of input in a Sentence
Noun
I need your input on what to have for dinner.
She provided some valuable input at the start of the project.
The computer gets its input from a keyboard or mouse.
This VCR has several audio inputs.
The job will require a considerable input of money.
The data is ready for input into a computer.
Verb
She inputted the sales figures into the spreadsheet.
Recent Examples on the Web
Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
But a version provided to Ukraine was designed in a way that does not rely on the input of the most sensitive American intelligence or advanced systems.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Today, Teslas with a pricey software add-on can drive themselves down city streets, stopping at stop lights and navigating turns without human input most of the time.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
Efforts to address a homelessness crisis The dispute has attracted input from a range of advocacy and law enforcement organizations, cities, states, members of Congress and the Biden administration.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2024
Neither of these films were made with significant creative input from the original team.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 21 Apr. 2024
There’s nothing magic about them: However sophisticated your formula, if your inputs are junk, your outputs will be too.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
Despite modest bilateral trade, China’s domestic economic boom indirectly helped bring civilian Soviet-era production back from the dead by lifting global demand and therefore prices for the industrial inputs the Soviet Union had produced in low quality but high quantity, from steel to fertilizer.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
The stakes are certainly high: The foundation’s mission talks about protecting personal identity and free will, along with privacy and fair treatment by algorithms using brain data as inputs.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
For those who live elsewhere in Jackson County, input your information in the Voter ID Lookup section in the election board’s website’s sidebar.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2024
The message asked users to input their ZIP codes, then informed them of the correct lawmaker to call.
—Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
As the customer describes the issue, the agent inputs notes into the computer.
—Shep Hyken, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
The University of California Cooperative Extension operates a coyote encounter website that allows visitors to input their ZIP Code to see when the last coyote sighting was recorded.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Last week, the app delivered push notifications to users' phones and prompted them to input their ZIP code to find their House representative to urge them to oppose the bill.
—USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
Passengers input their destination via an app and can sit in the front or the backseat, but are not allowed in the driver’s seat, according to Waymo.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
In Orange County, for example, the Registrar has a tool that requires you to input your date of birth and the last four digits of your driver’s license, California ID or Social Security number.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 1 Mar. 2024
Noun
What the event will be will take into account feedback and input from past participants, sponsors, patient families and caregivers, said spokesperson Andy Brodzeller.
—Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
But a version provided to Ukraine was designed in a way that does not rely on the input of the most sensitive American intelligence or advanced systems.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Today, Teslas with a pricey software add-on can drive themselves down city streets, stopping at stop lights and navigating turns without human input most of the time.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
Efforts to address a homelessness crisis The dispute has attracted input from a range of advocacy and law enforcement organizations, cities, states, members of Congress and the Biden administration.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2024
Neither of these films were made with significant creative input from the original team.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 21 Apr. 2024
There’s nothing magic about them: However sophisticated your formula, if your inputs are junk, your outputs will be too.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
Despite modest bilateral trade, China’s domestic economic boom indirectly helped bring civilian Soviet-era production back from the dead by lifting global demand and therefore prices for the industrial inputs the Soviet Union had produced in low quality but high quantity, from steel to fertilizer.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
The stakes are certainly high: The foundation’s mission talks about protecting personal identity and free will, along with privacy and fair treatment by algorithms using brain data as inputs.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
Verb
As a result, many of the earliest computer specialists were women—employees of corporations or wartime government agencies whose job was to crunch numbers by hand and to input data into the earliest electronic computer prototypes.
—Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
For those who live elsewhere in Jackson County, input your information in the Voter ID Lookup section in the election board’s website’s sidebar.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2024
The message asked users to input their ZIP codes, then informed them of the correct lawmaker to call.
—Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
As the customer describes the issue, the agent inputs notes into the computer.
—Shep Hyken, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
The University of California Cooperative Extension operates a coyote encounter website that allows visitors to input their ZIP Code to see when the last coyote sighting was recorded.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Last week, the app delivered push notifications to users' phones and prompted them to input their ZIP code to find their House representative to urge them to oppose the bill.
—USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
Passengers input their destination via an app and can sit in the front or the backseat, but are not allowed in the driver’s seat, according to Waymo.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
In Orange County, for example, the Registrar has a tool that requires you to input your date of birth and the last four digits of your driver’s license, California ID or Social Security number.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Input.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/input. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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