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Definition of export verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

export

verb
 
/ɪkˈspɔːt/
 
/ɪkˈspɔːrt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they export
 
/ɪkˈspɔːt/
 
/ɪkˈspɔːrt/
he / she / it exports
 
/ɪkˈspɔːts/
 
/ɪkˈspɔːrts/
past simple exported
 
/ɪkˈspɔːtɪd/
 
/ɪkˈspɔːrtɪd/
past participle exported
 
/ɪkˈspɔːtɪd/
 
/ɪkˈspɔːrtɪd/
-ing form exporting
 
/ɪkˈspɔːtɪŋ/
 
/ɪkˈspɔːrtɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to sell and send goods to another country
    • export (something) The islands export sugar and fruit.
    • Most US manufacturers both import and export.
    • 90 per cent of the engines are exported to Europe.
    • Last year 2 000 birds were exported from the island.
    Extra Examples
    • The local wine was widely exported.
    • illegally exported works of art
    Topics Moneyb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • widely
    • abroad
    • overseas
    preposition
    • from
    • to
    See full entry
  2. [transitive] export something (+ adv./prep.) to introduce an idea or activity to another country or area
    • American pop music has been exported around the world.
  3. [transitive] export something (computing) to send data to another program, changing its form so that the other program can read itTopics Computersb2
  4. opposite import
    Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘take away’): from Latin exportare, from ex- ‘out’ + portare ‘carry’. Current senses date from the 17th cent.
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