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
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.
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Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Additionally, acknowledge and publicly thank employees for their input, which shows the team that their voices matter.
—Ruth Rathblott, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Between the lines: Businesses worry that employees could input sensitive data into AI tools, which could then be absorbed into training datasets.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 4 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Historically, protectionist policies tend to have mixed effects on equities:
Short-Term Volatility: Markets often react negatively to trade wars due to concerns about higher input costs.
—Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Additionally, acknowledge and publicly thank employees for their input, which shows the team that their voices matter.
—Ruth Rathblott, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
Similarly, Evo was trained (opens a new tab) on large volumes of DNA — 300 billion base pairs from 2.7 million bacterial, archaeal and viral genomes — to glean functional information from stretches of DNA that a user inputs as prompts.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Between the lines: Businesses worry that employees could input sensitive data into AI tools, which could then be absorbed into training datasets.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Input.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/input. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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