WordGarden.ioexport
B2Pronunciation
UK
- /ɪksˈpɔːt/transitiveverb
US
- /ˈɛkspɔrt/
Meanings
Verb
to send goods or services to another country for sale
to save or transfer digital data out of a program or system
to spread an idea, custom, influence, or problem to another place
Noun
a product or service sold to another country
a digital file or data set produced by exporting
Beyond the definition
Imagine a farmer growing delicious apples. If they send those apples to another country to be sold, that is an export. To export means to send goods or services out of your own country so people in another place can buy or use them. It is a key part of international trade. Think of Germany sending cars to other countries, or France sending wine.
Exports are not just physical things. They can also be services, like software work sold to clients in another country. In computers, export can also mean saving or sending a file in a form that can be used somewhere else, like exporting a photo or a spreadsheet. A country with strong exports brings money in from other places.
To export means to send goods or services from one country to another so they can be sold or used there. It is a basic idea in international trade and helps connect economies around the world. For example: "Japan is known for exporting electronics and automobiles," or "The company hopes to expand its exports to new markets."
Exports matter because they bring money in from buyers in other countries, create jobs, and support local production. Countries often become known for sending out certain products or services, like Brazil selling coffee abroad because its climate is good for growing it.
But export is not used only for business. In computing, it often means saving data into a different file type or sending it from one system to another so it can be used elsewhere. You might export a video as an MP4 file, export contacts from an email app, or export a chart from a spreadsheet.
The opposite of export is import, which means bringing goods or services into a country. Both words are important when people talk about trade. So whether you are talking about cars, software services, or digital files, export is about sending something out so it can be used in another place.
Examples
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Food trade
The company exports most of its cheese to Germany.
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Farm products
Farmers here used to export fresh fruit all over Europe.
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Computer files
Click "File" and export the document as a PDF.
- Patternexport + file + as + format
save something in a particular file type
- 4
Digital transfer
You can export your contacts from your phone to your laptop.
- Patternexport + data + from + system + to + system
move data out of one system and into another
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Trade goods
Coffee is one of the country's main exports.
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Economic reports
Oil exports fell sharply last year.
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Business model
The company is trying to export its business model to other cities.
- Patternexport a business model
introduce the same system in another place
See also
Forms and spellings
4 forms open this card.
Main spelling
- exportnounverb
Forms
- exportspluralnounverb
- exportedpast tenseverbnoun
- exporting-ing formverbnoun