verb
export
EHKS-pawt
verb
1
To sell or send goods to another country.
"The country exports most of its coffee to Europe."
"They plan to export the new model to overseas markets next year."
2
To save data from one program or system so it can be used in another.
"You can export the spreadsheet as a PDF."
noun
1
A product sent abroad to be sold, or the act of sending it.
"Oil is the country's biggest export."
How to Use Export
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo send goods (or data) out of one country, program, or system into another.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
export goods
export data
ban on exports
Word Forms
exported past tense, exports plural, exports singular
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Etymology
From Latin exportare, "to carry out or away" — from ex- ("out") plus portare ("to carry").