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 | ||