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ex⋅port

  [v. ik-spawrt, -spohrt, ek-spawrt, -spohrt; n., adj. ek-spawrt, -spohrt]
Use exports in a Sentence
–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, esp. 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.
–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; < L exportāre to carry out, bear away, equiv. 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
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ex·port   (ĭk-spôrt', -spōrt', ěk'spôrt', -spōrt')   
v.   ex·port·ed, ex·port·ing, ex·ports

v.   tr.
  1. To send or transport (a commodity, for example) abroad, especially for trade or sale.
  2. To cause the spread of (an idea, for example) in another part of the world; transmit.
  3. Computer Science
    1. To send (data) from one program to another: "You'll need to export your spreadsheet file into a desktop publishing program" (Jon Pepper).
    2. To use an application to store (data) on disk, usually for use by another program.
v.   intr.
To send or transport abroad merchandise, especially for sale or trade.
n.   (ěk'spôrt', -spōrt')
Exportation.

[Middle English exsport, from Latin exportāre : ex-, ex- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
ex·port'a·bil'i·ty n., ex·port'a·ble adj., ex·port'er n.
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