English noun: export | |||
1. | export (artifact) commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country | ||
Synonyms | exportation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | commodity, good, trade good | ||
Antonyms | import, importation | ||
English verb: export | |||
1. | export (possession) sell or transfer abroad | ||
Samples | We export less than we import and have a negative trade balance. | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue export the movie | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | merchandise, trade | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | smuggle | ||
Domain category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | ||
Antonyms | import | ||
2. | export (possession) transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
Domain category | computer science, computing | ||
Antonyms | import | ||
3. | export (contact) cause to spread in another part of the world | ||
Samples | The Russians exported Marxism to Africa. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | distribute, spread | ||