Meanings
plural inputs · alternative nonstandard imput
- countableuncountableThe act or process of putting in; infusion.
- countableuncountableContribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice.
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present singular third person inputs · participle present inputting · participle past inputted · past inputted · alternative nonstandard imput
- intransitiveTo put in; put on.
1 more example
"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 Scottish Government Officials will input to the consideration being given to the alternative."
2023 January 25, “Network News: Sturgeon and Burnham in secret talks to boost Scottish high-speed link”, in RAIL, number 975, page 11 - transitiveTo enter data.
The user inputs his date of birth and the computer displays his age.
2 more examples
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"The timetable is then produced using a desktop publishing package with data inputted manually, and the files then sent to the editor, Chris Woodcock, for proof-reading and conversion to PDF format.
2021 September 22, John Potter tells Paul Stephen, “Your guide to Europe”, in RAIL, number 940, page 65 - transitiveTo 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
nounany stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishinputten
- Englishinput
From Middle English inputten, equivalent to in- + put.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans bydrae, toevoer
- bydraecontribution
- toevoerdata fed into a process
- toevoerto enter data
Arabic مُدْخَل
- مُدْخَل (mudḵal)data fed into a process
Bulgarian вход, въвеждане
- вход (vhod)the act or process of putting in
- въвеждане (văveždane)the act or process of putting in
- принос (prinos)contribution
- въвеждам (văveždam)to enter data
Chinese Cantonese 輸入 /输入, 輸入 /输入
- 輸入 /输入 (syu¹ jap⁶)the act or process of putting in
- 輸入 /输入 (syu¹ jap⁶)data fed into a process
- 輸入 /输入 (syu¹ jap⁶)to enter data
Chinese Mandarin 輸入 /输入, 輸入 /输入
- 輸入 /输入 (shūrù)the act or process of putting in
- 輸入 /输入 (shūrù)data fed into a process
- 輸入 /输入 (shūrù)to enter data
Czech vstup, vložit
- vstupdata fed into a process
- vložitto enter data
- vkládatto enter data
Dutch invoer, ingang
- invoerdata fed into a process
- inganginput jack
- ingevento enter data
- invoerento enter data
Finnish syöttö, lisääminen
- syöttöthe act or process of putting in
- lisääminenthe act or process of putting in
- uuttaminenthe act or process of putting in
- panoscontribution
- panostuscontribution
- syötedata fed into a process
- syöttääto enter data
French entrée, intrant
- entréedata fed into a process
- intrantdata fed into a process
- rentrerto enter data
German Eingabe, Input
- Eingabedata fed into a process
- Inputdata fed into a process
- eingebento enter data
Hebrew תְּרוּמָה, קֶלֶט
- תְּרוּמָה (trumá)contribution
- קֶלֶט (kélet)data fed into a process
Hungarian hozzászólás, vélemény
- hozzászóláscontribution
- véleménycontribution
- beviteldata fed into a process
- adatbeviteldata fed into a process
- bemenő/betáplált adatdata fed into a process
- bemenetdata fed into a process
- beviszto enter data
- betáplálto enter data
Indonesian memasukkan
- memasukkanto enter data
Irish ionchur
- ionchurdata fed into a process
Italian immissione, suggerimento
- immissionethe act or process of putting in
- suggerimentocontribution
- opinionecontribution
- contributocontribution
- informazionedata fed into a process
- ingressodata fed into a process
Japanese 入力, インプット
- 入力 (nyūryoku)data fed into a process
- インプット (inputto)data fed into a process
- 入力する (nyūryoku-suru)to enter data
- インプットする (inputto suru)to enter data
Korean 입력, 투입
- 입력 (imnyeok)data fed into a process
- 투입 (tu'ip)data fed into a process
- 입력하다 (imnyeokhada)to enter data
Māori kōkuhunga, tāuru
- kōkuhungadata fed into a process
- tāuruto enter data
- kōkuhuto enter data
Norwegian inndata
- inndatadata fed into a process
Norwegian Bokmål innspill
- innspillcontribution
Persian درونداد, دروندادن
- دروندادto enter data
- دروندادنto enter data
Polish udział, wkład
- udziałcontribution
- wkładcontribution
- wkładdata fed into a process
- wejściedata fed into a process
- wprowadzaćto enter data
- wprowadzićto enter data
Portuguese entrada, input
- entradadata fed into a process
- inputdata fed into a process
- entrarto enter data
Romanian intrare, intrări
- intraredata fed into a process
- intrăridata fed into a process
- alimentaredata fed into a process
- introduce dateto enter data
Russian вклад, ввод
- вклад (vklad)contribution
- ввод (vvod)data fed into a process
- вводи́ть (vvodítʹ)to enter data
- ввести́ (vvestí)to enter data
Spanish aportación, aporte
- aportacióncontribution
- aportecontribution
- inputcontribution
- insumodata fed into a process
- entradadata fed into a process
- inputdata fed into a process
- introducirto enter data
- ponerto enter data
- colocarto enter data
Swedish synpunkt, indata
- synpunktcontribution
- indatadata fed into a process
- mata into enter data
Turkish girdi
- girdidata fed into a process
Ukrainian вхід, вво́дити
- вхід (vxid)data fed into a process
- вво́дити (vvódyty)to enter data
- ввести́ (vvestý)to enter data
Welsh mewnosod, mewnbwn
- mewnosodthe act or process of putting in
- mewnbwndata fed into a process
- mewnbynnuto enter data
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
input. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/input
“input.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/input. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “input,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/input.
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