exporting

Verb

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.

   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.

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