input

1. 1.

   enter (data or a program) into a computer

   Broaderinsert

   computer science

Other forms of input

plural

inputs·

past tense

inputted·

present participle

inputting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about input

What does input mean?

input means "signal going into an electronic system". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in input?

input has 2 syllables: in-put. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪnˌpʊt/.

What is another word for input?

Close synonyms include input signal, remark, comment, stimulation, stimulus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is input a common word?

input is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with input?

4 words rhyme with input. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.