export
adjectivenounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɛks.pɔːt//
- United Kingdom//ɪksˈpɔːt//
- United States//ˈɛks.pɔɹt//
- United States//ɪksˈpɔɹt//
- //ˈɛks.po(ː)ɹt//
- //ˈɛks.poət//
Of or relating to exportation or exports.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to exportation or exports.
Etymology
From Latin exportare.
noun
- 1
Something that is exported.
Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.
- 2
The act of exporting.
The export of fish is forbidden in this country.
verb
- 1
To carry away.
[They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy.
- 2
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.
- 3
To cause to spread in another part of the world.
- 4
To send (data) from one program to another.
- 5
To put up (a child) for international adoption.
Forms
- plural
- exports
- past tense
- exported
- past participle
- exported
- present participle
- exporting
- third person singular
- exports
export · Of or relating to exportation or exports.
expose · To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.exposed · Open (especially to something), unconcealed and/or…exposing · That exposes; leading to increased exposure.