export

UK: verb: /ɪkˈspɔː^rt/, noun: /ˈɛkspɔː^rt/

US: /v. ɪkˈspɔrt, ˈɛkspɔrt; n., adj. ˈɛkspɔrt/

US: (v. ik spôrt′, -spōrt′, ek′spôrt, -spōrt; n., adj. ek′spôrt, -spōrt)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•port /v. ɪkˈspɔrt, ˈɛkspɔrt; n., adj. ˈɛkspɔrt/   v. 

1. Business to ship (commodities) to other countries: [~ + object]
   The U.S. exports wheat to many countries.
2. to transmit abroad:
   [~ + object] exporting political ideologies.

n. 

3. Business [uncountable] the act or business of exporting.
4. Business something exported:
   [countable] Our exports are down.

adj. [before a noun]

5. Business of or relating to the exporting of goods:
   We had to pay very high export duties.

ex•port•a•ble, adj. 
ex•por•ta•tion /ˌɛkspɔrˈteɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]
ex•port•er, n. [countable] See -port-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ex•port  (v. ik spôrt′, -spōrt′, ek′spôrt, -spōrt;n., adj. ek′spôrt, -spōrt), v.t. 

1. Business to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.
2. to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, esp. to another country.
3. Computing to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another application program.

v.i. 

4. Business to ship commodities to another country for sale, exchange, etc.

n. 

5. Business the act of exporting;
   exportation:
   the export of coffee.
6. Business something that is exported;
   an article exported:
   Coffee is a major export of Colombia.

adj. 

7. Business of or pertaining to the exportation of goods or to exportable goods:
   export duties.
8. Business produced for export:
   an export beer.

• Latin exportāre to carry out, bear away, equivalent. to ex- ex-¹ + portāre to carry, bear
• 1475–85

ex•port′a•ble, adj. 
ex•port′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
ex•port′er, n. 

export, +v.t. 

1. Computing to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another application program.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

export noun / ˈɛkspɔːt/

1. (often plural) goods (visible exports) or services (invisible exports) sold to a foreign country or countries
2. (as modifier): an export licence, export finance

verb / ɪkˈspɔːt ˈɛkspɔːt/

1. to sell (goods or services) or ship (goods) to a foreign country or countries
2. (transitive) to transmit or spread (an idea, social institution, etc) abroad

Compare importEtymology: 15th Century: from Latin exportāre to carry away, from portāre to carry

exˈportable adjective

exˌportaˈbility noun

exˈporter noun