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export

B2
verbnoun

Pronunciation

UK

  • /ɪksˈpɔːt/transitiveverb
  • /ˈɛks.pɔːt/noun

US

  • /ˈɛkspɔrt/

Description

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.

Examples

  1. 1

    Food trade

    The company exports most of its cheese to Germany.

  2. 2

    Farm products

    Farmers here used to export fresh fruit all over Europe.

  3. 3

    Computer files

    Click "File" and export the document as a PDF.

    • Pattern

      export + file + as + format

      save something in a particular file type

  4. 4

    Digital transfer

    You can export your contacts from your phone to your laptop.

    • Pattern

      export + data + from + system + to + system

      move data out of one system and into another

  5. 5

    Trade goods

    Coffee is one of the country's main exports.

  6. 6

    Economic reports

    Oil exports fell sharply last year.

  7. 7

    Business model

    The company is trying to export its business model to other cities.

    • Pattern

      export a business model

      introduce the same system in another place

Forms and spellings

4 forms open this card.

Main spelling

  • exportnounverb

Forms

  • exportspluralnounverb
  • exportedpast tenseverbnoun
  • exporting-ing formverbnoun