noun · academic
throughput
/ˈθruːpʊt/THROUGH·put
Band 7+task1task2speaking
the amount of material, items, or people passing through a system or process in a given time
Examples
“increase throughput”
“network throughput”
“tunnel throughput measured in vehicles per hour”
Band 8 sentence
“By optimising signal timings, engineers raised throughput without building new lanes.”
Collocations
- increase throughput
- network throughput
- improve throughput
Word family
throughput noun
Common mistakes
use 'capacity' when meaning actual flow→throughput
write 'through put' or 'through‑put'→throughput
Say it for a higher band
5flow→6capacity→7+throughput
Synonyms
capacity
Easily confused
capacity
“Upgrading the junction increased the throughput by 20%.”
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