export
Americanverb (used with object)
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exports,
present (3rd person singular)
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exported,
past participle, past
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exporting
present participle
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to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.
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to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, especially to another country.
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Computers. to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another software program.
verb (used without object)
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exports,
present (3rd person singular)
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exported,
past participle, past
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exporting
present participle
noun
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exports
plural
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the act of exporting; exportation.
the export of coffee.
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something that is exported; an article exported.
Coffee is a major export of Colombia.
adjective
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of or relating to the exportation of goods or to exportable goods.
export duties.
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produced for export.
an export beer.
noun
verb
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to sell (goods or services) or ship (goods) to a foreign country or countries
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(tr) to transmit or spread (an idea, social institution, etc) abroad
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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exportabilitynoun
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exporternoun
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superexportnoun
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superexportverb (used with object)
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exportableadjective
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nonexportableadjective
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unexportableadjective
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unexportedadjective
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unexportingadjective
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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exportsimple
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exportssimple
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have exportedperfect
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has exportedperfect
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am exportingprogressive
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are exportingprogressive
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is exportingprogressive
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have been exportingperfect progressive
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has been exportingperfect progressive
Past
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exportedsimple
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had exportedperfect
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was exportingprogressive
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were exportingprogressive
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had been exportingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of export
First recorded in 1475–85; from Latin exportāre “to carry out, carry away,” from ex- ex- 1 + portāre “to carry”
Explanation
To export something is to move it from its current location to a different territory. Some have been trying to export the American diet overseas by spreading McDonald's fries around the globe. The verb export comes from the Latin word exportare which means “to carry out” or “send away.” To export something is to move it across borders. You could export locally made fabric to wealthy European cities. When something is an export, it is a good, service or idea that is sent or sold to a foreign land: diamonds are a valuable African export.
Vocabulary lists containing export
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According to the UK Government's official website, external, the movement of captive birds from Britain to Northern Ireland requires an export health certificate.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The Ministry of Commerce on Friday issued a draft plan to add 40 technologies in the AI, biomedicine and photovoltaics sectors to a list of technologies prohibited or restricted from export.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Asian economies are in the midst of an epic export boom, which is masking weakness in consumption and other engines of growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"European automotive companies based in Turkey, as well as European automotive firms that export cars to Turkey, employ nearly 250,000 people in Europe."
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Grandfather sat with two government officials, a lawyer, and Mr. Carris, who owned an export business.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Several East Asian economies, such as South Korea and Taiwan, are also benefiting from surging exports of chips and computing equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Middle East oil exports have slowed as the number of ship strikes has risen.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The EU collectively remains a much larger market for Ukrainian exports, but China has become an important supplier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
China has imposed a temporary registration requirement for exports of the technologies covered by the proposed plan until a formal implementation of the changes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Boring things like, “There are thirty-two million people,” and “Some of Canada’s main exports are timber and aluminum,” and they sent all those facts and figures to me in an envelope.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
In September, Tesla exported 30,529 units made at its Shanghai plant and sold 95,366 units.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The port handled 371,000 empty containers last month and exported 126,000 loaded containers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Between 60% and 70% of this exported fuel goes to Latin America.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Like many neighbouring producers, his family estate Carussin has succeeded in moving upmarket thanks to the production of organic wines exported in particular to Scandinavia.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
In 1916, before the United States entered the war, American packers exported 70 million tons of canned beef, 262 million tons of fresh beef, and more than 500 million tons of bacon.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
To keep exporting oil, the kingdom’s flagship oil company Aramco has joined its regional peers in employing shuttle tankers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang, who owned and operated ALX Solutions Inc., were arrested on suspicion of illegally exporting “tens of millions” of dollars’ worth of microchips, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Oil exporting countries in the Gulf have also responded to Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz by exporting more crude oil overland via pipelines.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
While in theory, new U.S. refineries could be built with exports in mind, there’s a much better value-creation proposition in exporting crude, which the country has successfully done.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Instead they all influenced each other, sometimes by trade, sometimes by violence, each one developing new techniques, exporting unique goods, and swiping ideas from the others.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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