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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈaʊt.pʊt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|en|out-|put]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) formed after the verb phrase [[put out]].^(MWU 2024) SOED compares the earlier [[input]].^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The quantity of material produced in a given time: 1839 in Etymonline, 1858 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Until about 1880 it was a technical term of the iron and coal trade.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Energy produced by a device or system is from 1884,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and in computing, the data or results produced by a computer, from 1948.^(OED 1989) The place where a system delivers its output is from 1933.^(OED 1989) The verb is from the mid-14th century, originally “to expel, exclude”, a sense now obsolete except in Scots;^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) the meaning “to produce” is from 1858.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-14th century – verb, to expel.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1839 – the amount produced.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1858 – verb, to produce.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1884 – energy from a device.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1948 – in computing.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The amount of goods or work produced in a given time.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of producing; [[production]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The energy or power delivered by a machine or circuit.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(computing)'' Information produced by a [[computer]].^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To produce something, especially data from a computer.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cardiac output]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[input]]

+ * [[put]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}