- [countable, uncountable] time, knowledge, ideas, etc. that you put into work, a project, etc. in order to make it succeed; the act of putting something in
- I'd appreciate your input on this.
- input into something They all had some input into the discussion.
- input to something Barley is one of the main inputs to the process of distillation.
- input of something Growing anything in this soil will require heavy inputs of nutrients.
- input of something into something There has been a big input of resources into the project from industry.
Extra Examples- I have no creative input to the projects I work on.
- If you have ideas for improvements, your input is always appreciated.
- Once running, the system requires very little input.
- The report contains a substantial input by the police.
- The union would like more input on redundancies.
- We actively solicit input from our users.
- We have made some adjustments based on user input.
- an additional input to market analysis
- constructive criticism which provided an input into the school's decision-making process
- her input into the survey
- input from various interested parties
- I'd appreciate your input on this.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- important
- major
- …
- have
- need
- require
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- input by
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- [uncountable] (computing) the act of putting information into a computer; the information that you put in
- data input
- input from something The software will accept input from a variety of other programs.
Extra ExamplesTopics Computersb2- Decision tables can be used as computer input.
- Early computers required input in the form of punched cards.
- It may be beyond the capability of the hardware to process the input.
- The cursor is positioned on the first input field of the page.
- an input device such as a keyboard
- input to a computer database
- There's the socket for audio input.
- input from a mouse
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- data
- user
- keyboard
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- require
- accept
- process
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- data
- file
- field
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- input for
- input from
- input to
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- input and output
- [countable] (specialist) a place or means for electricity, data, etc. to enter a machine or system
- an input lead
- Where is the audio input on the computer?
- inputs for the printers
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