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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1485|origins=la porto}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɛks.pɔːt/, /ˈɛks.pɔɹt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|exporto|alt=exportāre|t=to carry out, send away]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|la|ex-|t=out]] and [[m|la|porto|alt=portāre|t=to carry]] (see [[port]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*per-|t=to lead, pass over]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To carry out or away: about 1485, in the Digby Plays,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) a sense now obsolete.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To send goods out of one country to another for sale is first recorded in 1665.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The noun, an exported article, is from 1690,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and the action of exporting from 1804.^(OED 1989) [[exporter|alt=Exporter]] is from 1691, in Locke.^(Barnhart 1988) Figurative uses, as exporting ideas, are from 1760,^(OED 1989) and in computing, to send data out of a program for use elsewhere, from 1982.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1485 – to carry away.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1665 – to send goods abroad.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1690 – an exported article.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1982 – in computing.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To send goods or services to another country for sale.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To spread or introduce ideas or customs abroad.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(computing)'' To transfer data to another program or format.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # Something exported; a [[commodity]] sold abroad.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of exporting.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exportability]]

+ * [[exportable]]

+ * [[exporter]]

+ * [[reexport]]

+ * [[unexported]]

+ * [[exportation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[import]]

+ * [[port]]

+ * [[portable]]

+ * [[transport]]

+ * [[report]]

+ * [[deport]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}