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export
[v. ik-spawrt, -spohrt, ek-spawrt, -spohrt; n., adj. ek-spawrt, -spohrt]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.
2.
to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, especially to another country.
3.
Computers. to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another software program.
verb (used without object)
4.
to ship commodities to another country for sale, exchange, etc.
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noun
5.
the act of exporting; exportation: the export of coffee.
6.
something that is exported; an article exported: Coffee is a major export of Colombia.
adjective
7.
of or pertaining to the exportation of goods or to exportable goods: export duties.
8.
produced for export: an export beer.
Origin:
1475–85; < Latin exportāre to carry out, bear away, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + portāre to carry, bear
1475–85; < Latin exportāre to carry out, bear away, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + portāre to carry, bear
Related forms
ex·port·a·ble, adjective
ex·port·a·bil·i·ty, noun
ex·port·er, noun
non·ex·port·a·ble, adjective
su·per·ex·port, noun
EXPANDsu·per·ex·port, verb (used with object)
un·ex·port·a·ble, adjective
un·ex·port·ed, adjective
un·ex·port·ing, adjective
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Example Sentences
- One of the unintended side effects of colonialism was the export.
- It is a local tourist center and an export point.
- The card will also import home movies, but will not export them.
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World English Dictionary
| export | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (often plural) |
| a. goods (visible exports) or services (invisible exports) sold to a foreign country or countries | |
| b. (as modifier): an export licence; export finance | |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to sell (goods or services) or ship (goods) to a foreign country or countries |
| 3. | (tr) to transmit or spread (an idea, social institution, etc) abroad |
| [C15: from Latin exportāre to carry away, from portāre to carry] | |
| ex'portable | |
| —adj | |
| exporta'bility | |
| —n | |
| ex'porter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
export
late 15c., from L. exportare, from ex- "away" + portare "carry" (see port (1)). The sense of "send out (commodities) from one country to another" is first recorded in English 1660s. The noun is from 1680s.
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