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export

adj · noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: ĕksʹpôt
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛks.pɔːt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: ĕksʹpôrt
  • General-American: /ˈɛks.pɔɹt/
  • ĕksʹpōrt rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ˈɛks.po(ː)ɹt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ˈɛks.poət/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • Received-Pronunciation: ĭkspôtʹ
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪksˈpɔːt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: ĭkspôrtʹ
  • General-American: /ɪksˈpɔɹt/
  • ĭkspōrtʹ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ɪksˈpo(ː)ɹt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ɪksˈpoət/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • also: ĕksʹpôrt
  • also: /ˈɛks.pɔɹt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 K S P AO0 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to exportation or exports.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something that is exported.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of exporting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The export of fish is forbidden in this country.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To carry away.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: remove

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To sell (goods) to a foreign country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: import

6

verb

Meaning 6

To cause to spread in another part of the world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To send (data) from one program to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: import

8

verb

Meaning 8

To put up (a child) for international adoption.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exportation

Antonyms: import

Broader terms: commodity, trade good, good

10

verb

Meaning 10

cause to spread in another part of the world

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The Russians exported Marxism to Africa

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spread, distribute

11

verb

Meaning 11

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: import

Broader terms: transfer

12

verb

Meaning 12

sell or transfer abroad

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: import

Broader terms: trade, merchandise

Narrower terms: smuggle

History

Etymology

From Latin exportare.

Across languages

Translations

235 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: експортен (eksporten) — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Bulgarian: за износ (za iznos) — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Georgian: საექსპორტო (saeksṗorṭo) — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Greek: εξαγωγικός (exagogikós) — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Polish: eksportowy — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Portuguese: exportador — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Russian: э́кспортный (éksportnyj) — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Spanish: exportacional — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Spanish: exportador — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Swedish: export- — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Welsh: allforol — of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Arabic: صَادِرَات (ṣādirāt) — something that is exported
  • Azerbaijani: ixrac — something that is exported
  • Azerbaijani: eksport — something that is exported
  • Bulgarian: и́знос (íznos) — something that is exported
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出口 (chūkǒu) — something that is exported
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輸出 /输出 (shūchū) — something that is exported
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出口商品 (chūkǒu shāngpǐn) — something that is exported
  • Danish: eksportvare — something that is exported
  • Finnish: vientituote — something that is exported
  • Finnish: vientitavara — something that is exported
  • German: Exportgut — something that is exported
  • German: Exportware — something that is exported
  • Greek: εξαγόμενο προϊόν (exagómeno proïón) — something that is exported
  • Hindi: निर्यात (niryāt) — something that is exported
  • Hungarian: export — something that is exported
  • Indonesian: ekspor — something that is exported
  • Japanese: 輸出品 (yushutsuhin) — something that is exported
  • Korean: 수출품 (suchulpum) — something that is exported
  • Manx: assphurtanyn — something that is exported
  • Norman: export — something that is exported
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eksport — something that is exported
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eksportvare — something that is exported
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eksport — something that is exported
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eksportvare — something that is exported
  • Iranian Persian: صادِرات (sâderât) — something that is exported
  • Polish: eksport — something that is exported
  • Portuguese: exportado — something that is exported
  • Romanian: export — something that is exported
  • Romanian: marfă exportată — something that is exported
  • Romanian: bun exportat — something that is exported
  • Russian: э́кспорт (éksport) — something that is exported
  • Russian: вы́воз (vývoz) — something that is exported
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝзвоз — something that is exported
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìzvoz — something that is exported
  • Swedish: exportartikel — something that is exported
  • Swedish: exportvara — something that is exported
  • Tajik: содирот (sodirot) — something that is exported
  • Welsh: allforyn — something that is exported
  • Albanian: eksport — the act of exporting
  • Arabic: تَصْدِير (taṣdīr) — the act of exporting
  • Armenian: արտահանում (artahanum) — the act of exporting
  • Azerbaijani: ixrac — the act of exporting
  • Azerbaijani: eksport — the act of exporting
  • Basque: esportazio — the act of exporting
  • Belarusian: э́кспарт (ékspart) — the act of exporting
  • Belarusian: вы́ваз (vývaz) — the act of exporting
  • Bulgarian: и́знос (íznos) — the act of exporting
  • Bulgarian: експо́рт (ekspórt) — the act of exporting
  • Burmese: ထွက်ကုန် (htwakkun) — the act of exporting
  • Catalan: exportació — the act of exporting
  • Chinese Cantonese: 出口 (ceot1 hau2) — the act of exporting
  • Chinese Cantonese: 輸出 /输出 (syu1 ceot1) — the act of exporting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出口 (chūkǒu) — the act of exporting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輸出 /输出 (shūchū) — the act of exporting
  • Czech: vývoz — the act of exporting
  • Czech: export — the act of exporting
  • Danish: eksport — the act of exporting
  • Danish: udførsel — the act of exporting
  • Dutch: export — the act of exporting
  • Dutch: uitvoer — the act of exporting
  • Estonian: eksport — the act of exporting
  • Finnish: vienti — the act of exporting
  • Finnish: eksportti — the act of exporting
  • French: exportation — the act of exporting
  • Galician: exportación — the act of exporting
  • Georgian: ექსპორტი (eksṗorṭi) — the act of exporting
  • German: Export — the act of exporting
  • German: Ausfuhr — the act of exporting
  • Greek: εξαγωγή (exagogí) — the act of exporting
  • Hebrew: יְצוּא (yetsú) — the act of exporting
  • Hindi: निर्यात (niryāt) — the act of exporting
  • Hungarian: exportálás — the act of exporting
  • Hungarian: kivitel — the act of exporting
  • Hungarian: export — the act of exporting
  • Icelandic: útflutningur — the act of exporting
  • Indonesian: pengeksporan — the act of exporting
  • Indonesian: ekspor — the act of exporting
  • Irish: easpórtáil — the act of exporting
  • Italian: esportazione — the act of exporting
  • Japanese: 輸出 (yushutsu) — the act of exporting
  • Kazakh: экспорт (éksport) — the act of exporting
  • Khmer: នីហរ័ណ (niihaʼran) — the act of exporting
  • Khmer: ការនាំចេញ (kaa nŏəm cəñ) — the act of exporting
  • Korean: 수출 (suchul) — the act of exporting
  • Kyrgyz: экспорт (eksport) — the act of exporting
  • Lao: ການສົ່ງອອກ (kān song ʼǭk) — the act of exporting
  • Latvian: eksports — the act of exporting
  • Lithuanian: eksportas — the act of exporting
  • Macedonian: и́звоз (ízvoz) — the act of exporting
  • Macedonian: е́кспорт (éksport) — the act of exporting
  • Malay: eksport — the act of exporting
  • Manx: assphurtal — the act of exporting
  • Mongolian: экспорт (eksport) — the act of exporting
  • Norman: exportâtion — the act of exporting
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eksport — the act of exporting
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eksport — the act of exporting
  • Occitan: exportacion — the act of exporting
  • Pashto: صادرات (sāderāt) — the act of exporting
  • Iranian Persian: صادِرات (sâderât) — the act of exporting
  • Polish: eksport — the act of exporting
  • Polish: wywóz — the act of exporting
  • Portuguese: exportação — the act of exporting
  • Romanian: export — the act of exporting
  • Romanian: exportare — the act of exporting
  • Russian: э́кспорт (éksport) — the act of exporting
  • Russian: вы́воз (vývoz) — the act of exporting
  • Scottish Gaelic: às-phortadh — the act of exporting
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝзвоз — the act of exporting
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѐкспорт — the act of exporting
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìzvoz — the act of exporting
  • Serbo-Croatian: èksport — the act of exporting
  • Slovak: vývoz — the act of exporting
  • Slovak: export — the act of exporting
  • Slovene: izvoz — the act of exporting
  • Spanish: exportación — the act of exporting
  • Swedish: export — the act of exporting
  • Swedish: utförsel — the act of exporting
  • Tajik: содирот (sodirot) — the act of exporting
  • Tamil: ஏற்றுமதி (ēṟṟumati) — the act of exporting
  • Tatar: экспорт (eksport) — the act of exporting
  • Thai: การส่งออก (gaan-sòng-ɔ̀ɔk) — the act of exporting
  • Turkish: ihracat — the act of exporting
  • Turkish: ihraç — the act of exporting
  • Ottoman Turkish: اخراج (ihrâc) — the act of exporting
  • Turkmen: eksport — the act of exporting
  • Ukrainian: е́кспорт (éksport) — the act of exporting
  • Ukrainian: ви́віз (výviz) — the act of exporting
  • Urdu: ایکْسْپورْٹ (eksporṭ) — the act of exporting
  • Urdu: بَرْ آمَد (bar āmad) — the act of exporting
  • Uyghur: ئېكسپورت (ëksport) — the act of exporting
  • Uzbek: eksport — the act of exporting
  • Walloon: espôrtaedje — the act of exporting
  • Walloon: espôrtåcion — the act of exporting
  • Welsh: allforio — the act of exporting
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝзвозница — licence for export
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìzvoznica — licence for export
  • Bulgarian: изнасям (iznasjam) — to carry away
  • Danish: eksportere — to carry away
  • Estonian: viima — to carry away
  • Finnish: viedä — to carry away
  • Hungarian: kivisz — to carry away
  • Portuguese: tirar — to carry away
  • Swedish: bära bort — to carry away
  • Arabic: صَدَّرَ (ṣaddara) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Armenian: արտահանել (artahanel) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Asturian: esportar — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Azerbaijani: ixrac etmək — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Basque: esportatu — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Belarusian: экспартава́ць (ekspartavácʹ) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Bulgarian: изнасям (iznasjam) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Bulgarian: експортирам (eksportiram) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Burmese: ထုတ်သွား (htutswa:) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Catalan: exportar — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出口 (chūkǒu) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輸出 /输出 (shūchū) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Czech: vyvézt — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Danish: eksportere — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Danish: udføre — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Dutch: exporteren — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Esperanto: eksporti — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Estonian: eksportima — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Finnish: viedä — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • French: exporter — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Galician: exportar — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Georgian: ესპორტირება (esṗorṭireba) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Georgian: აექსპორტირებს (aeksṗorṭirebs) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Georgian: ექსპორტირებას უწევს (eksṗorṭirebas uc̣evs) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • German: exportieren — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • German: ausführen — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Greek: εξάγω (exágo) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Hebrew: ייצא (yitsé) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Hindi: निर्यात करना (niryāt karnā) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Hungarian: exportál — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Icelandic: flytja út — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Indonesian: mengekspor — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Italian: esportare — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Japanese: 輸出する (yushutsu-surú) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Kazakh: экспорттау (éksporttau) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Khmer: នាំចេញ (nŏəm cəñ) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Korean: 수출(輸出)하다 (suchulhada) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Lao: ສົ່ງອອກ (song ʼǭk) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Latin: exportō — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Latvian: eksportēt — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Lithuanian: eksportúoti — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Lithuanian: išvèžti — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Mauritian Creole: exporte — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Occitan: exportar — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Polish: eksportować — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Polish: wyeksportować — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Portuguese: exportar — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Romanian: exporta — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Russian: экспорти́ровать (eksportírovatʹ) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Russian: вывози́ть (vyvozítʹ) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Russian: вы́везти (vývezti) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Russian: экспорт (eksport) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìzvesti — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Serbo-Croatian: izvòziti — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Shan: သူင်ႇဢွၵ်ႇ (sùung ʼàuk) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Spanish: exportar — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Swedish: exportera — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Swedish: föra ut — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Swedish: skeppa ut — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Thai: ส่งออก (sòng-ɔ̀ɔk) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Ukrainian: експортува́ти (eksportuváty) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Ukrainian: виво́зити (vyvózyty) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Ukrainian: ви́везти (vývezty) — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Vietnamese: xuất khẩu — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Welsh: allforio — to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Finnish: viedä — to cause to spread in another part of the world
  • French: exporter — to cause to spread in another part of the world
  • Greek: εξάγω (exágo) — to cause to spread in another part of the world
  • Swedish: exportera — to cause to spread in another part of the world
  • Bulgarian: прехвърлям (prehvǎrljam) — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • Finnish: viedä — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • French: exporter — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • German: exportieren — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • Hebrew: ייצא (yitsé) — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • Hungarian: exportál — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • Māori: kawe atu — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • Polish: eksportować — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • Polish: wyeksportować — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • Portuguese: exportar — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • Scottish Gaelic: às-phortaich — computing: send (data) from one program to another
  • Swedish: exportera — computing: send (data) from one program to another
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