export — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of or relating to exportation or exports.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Noun

1. Something that is exported.

   Usage

   • Countable

   Examples

   Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.

2. The act of exporting.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   The export of fish is forbidden in this country.

Verb

1. To carry away.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   remove

   Examples

   [They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy.

2. To sell (goods) to a foreign country.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Antonyms

   import

   Examples

   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.

   Usage

   • Transitive

4. To send (data) from one program to another.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Antonyms

   import

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

   Usage

   • Transitive

Noun

1. commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country

   Synonyms

   exportation

   Antonyms

   import

   Broader terms

   commoditytrade goodgood

Verb

1. sell or transfer abroad

   Antonyms

   import

   Broader terms

   trademerchandise

   Examples

   we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance

2. transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs

   Antonyms

   import

   Broader terms

   transfer

3. cause to spread in another part of the world

   Broader terms

   spreaddistribute

   Examples

   The Russians exported Marxism to Africa