export

adj, noun, verb — 8 senses

export

adj

Etymology From Latin exportare.

1

Of or relating to exportation or exports.

export

noun

UK /ˈɛks.pɔːt/ · US /ˈɛks.pɔɹt/

Etymology From Latin exportare.

1

Something that is exported.

  • Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.
2

The act of exporting.

  • The export of fish is forbidden in this country.
Synonyms
exportation
Antonyms
import, importation
Derived terms
antiexport, co-export, coexport, export subsidy, invisible export, nonexport, reexport

export

verb

UK /ɪksˈpɔːt/ · US /ɪksˈpɔɹt/

Etymology From Latin exportare.

1

To carry away.

  • [They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Followers and Friends”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
2

To sell (goods) to a foreign country.

  • Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.
  • Jim is a nurseryman, specialising in clematis, and he has built up a business exporting 150 varieties to countries all over the world.1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379:
3

To cause to spread in another part of the world.

4

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To send (data) from one program to another.

5

To put up (a child) for international adoption.

Derived terms
antiexporting, co-export, coexport, exportability, exportable, exportation, exporter, exportin, exportome, nonexported, nonexporting, reexport, re-export, unexport, unexported

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