export

[ verb ik-spawrt, -spohrt, ek-spawrt, -spohrt; noun, adjective ek-spawrt, -spohrt ]

/ verb ɪkˈspɔrt, -ˈspoʊrt, ˈɛk spɔrt, -spoʊrt; noun, adjective ˈɛk spɔrt, -spoʊrt /

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verb (used with object)

to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.

to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, especially to another country.

Computers. to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another software program.

verb (used without object)

to ship commodities to another country for sale, exchange, etc.

noun

the act of exporting; exportation: the export of coffee.

something that is exported; an article exported: Coffee is a major export of Colombia.

adjective

of or relating to the exportation of goods or to exportable goods: export duties.

produced for export: an export beer.

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Origin of export

1475–85; <Latin exportāre to carry out, bear away, equivalent to ex-ex-¹ + portāre to carry, bear

OTHER WORDS FROM export

ex·port·a·ble, adjectiveex·port·a·bil·i·ty, nounex·port·er, nounnon·ex·port·a·ble, adjective

su·per·ex·port, nounsu·per·ex·port, verb (used with object)un·ex·port·a·ble, adjectiveun·ex·port·ed, adjectiveun·ex·port·ing, adjective

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How to use export in a sentence

It says exporting an iMovie project could be up to three times faster on the new Air compared to the old one.
MacBooks get new brains with their first Apple-designed processors|Geoffrey Fowler, Heather Kelly|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
Governments must either disclose the destination, items, value, and licensing decisions for cyber-surveillance exports or make public the decision not to disclose those details.
Europe is adopting stricter rules on surveillance tech|Patrick Howell ONeill|November 9, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Denmark is the world’s largest mink producer, with exports typically headed for the fashion industry in Asia.
Denmark is culling millions of furry minks to extinguish a worrying COVID-19 outbreak|kdunn6|November 5, 2020|Fortune
The government early in the pandemic stockpiled all domestically produced face masks and banned export.
How Taiwan’s COVID response became the world’s envy|Claire Zillman, reporter|October 31, 2020|Fortune

The EU—which accounts for over half of global exports—sent a majority of its used cars to countries across west and north Africa.
The deadly, hidden cost of Africa’s billion-dollar business importing used cars from US and Europe|Yomi Kazeem|October 29, 2020|Quartz
In truth, no one really knows what will happen if America once again becomes a major energy exporter.
Bringing U.S. Energy Policy Into the 21st Century|Will Marshall|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Far from it, the continent had become a security “exporter,” contributing peacekeeping forces around the world.
How the ‘Realists’ Misjudged Ukraine|James Kirchick|March 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dan Gross on the rise of the American University as an exporter.
Give Me Your Studious: American Universities Are Prolific Exporters|Daniel Gross|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Once a major exporter of people to the Union states, today the migration tide flows the other way.
As the North Rests on Its Laurels, the South Is Rising Fast|Joel Kotkin|June 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Once a major agricultural exporter, Egypt ranks now as the world's largest importer of wheat.
Egypt's Ticking Population Bomb|David Frum|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Cornwall was then, as now, the sole exporter of tin; and the exportation of its copper was just beginning.
History of the English People|John Richard Green
Not that the price to the Chinese receiver would increase; the dues must fall upon the exporter.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army|Charles Alexander Gordon
Consequently Japan presents the odd phenomenon of being at once an exporter and a large importer of rice.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up|Clarence Poe
California is already a large exporter of gold as merchandise.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume XI (of 20)|Charles Sumner
A fall of 10 per cent only in the price of boots would cause every wholesale boot exporter to export on the largest scale.
Speculations from Political Economy|C. B. Clarke

British Dictionary definitions for export

export

noun (ˈɛkspɔːt)

(often plural)

goods (visible exports) or services (invisible exports) sold to a foreign country or countries
(as modifier)an export licence; export finance

verb (ɪkˈspɔːt, ˈɛkspɔːt)

to sell (goods or services) or ship (goods) to a foreign country or countries

(tr) to transmit or spread (an idea, social institution, etc) abroad

Compare import

Derived forms of export

exportable, adjectiveexportability, nounexporter, noun

Word Origin for export

C15: from Latin exportāre to carry away, from portāre to carry

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