export

Pronunciation

noun

• (UK) enPR: ĕksʹpôt, IPA ^(key): /ˈɛks.pɔːt/

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• (US) enPR: ĕksʹpôrt, IPA ^(key): /ˈɛks.pɔrt/

verb

• (UK) enPR: ĭkspôtʹ, IPA ^(key): /ɪksˈpɔːt/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• (US) enPR: ĭkspôrtʹ, IPA ^(key): /ɪksˈpɔrt/

Verb

Plain form export

Third-person singular exports

Past tense exported

Past participle exported

Present participle exporting

1. If you export something, you send it out of the country, usually for business purposes.

   Canada will export up to 450,000 barrels per day of crude oil to China.

   The government is exporting its terrorist ideas to other countries in the area.

Noun

Singular export

Plural exports

1. (uncountable) Export is the act or business of exporting things.

   A shipment of computers is being loaded on the ship for export to Singapore.

2. (countable) An export is something that you send out of the country, usually for business purposes.

   Bananas are Ecuador's largest export.

Related words

• exporter
• exportation
• import
• transport