export*/*/

[ˈekspɔːt] noun I

1) [C] a product that is sold to another country

Ant:

import

Agricultural produce is the country's largest export.[/ex]

There has been a rapid increase in oil exports to the West.[/ex]

2) [U] the business or process of selling goods to other countries

Ant:

import

They are now manufacturing more goods for export.[/ex]

II

verb

export */[ɪkˈspɔːt]

1) [I/T] to send a product to another country so that it can be sold there

Ant:

import

Their flowers are exported around the world.[/ex]

Weapons are being illegally exported to other countries.[/ex]

2) [T] to introduce an idea, tradition, or activity into another country

Ant:

import

Blues music was exported throughout the Western world.[/ex]

3) [T] computing

to copy information from one part of a computer to another part, or to copy it to a place where it can be stored

Ant:

import