export

Adjective

export (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to exportation or exports.

Noun

export (countable and uncountable, plural exports)

1. (countable) Something that is exported.
   • Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.
2. (uncountable) The act of exporting.
   • The export of fish is forbidden in this country.

   Synonyms:

   exportation

Verb

UK/ɪksˈpɔːt/US/ɪksˈpɔɹt/

export (third-person singular simple present exports, present participle exporting, simple past and past participle exported)

1. (transitive) 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

   Synonyms:

   remove

2. (transitive) 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

   Antonyms:

   import

3. (transitive) To cause to spread in another part of the world.
4. (transitive) To send (data) from one program to another.

   Antonyms:

   import

5. (transitive) To put up (a child) for international adoption.