Week 7 Vocabulary Definitions & Examples (Import (noun & verb), Export (noun & verb), function (noun,verb)

Export (noun) - Wheat is one of our country's main exports.
Export (verb) - The U.S. hopes to export more cars to Asia next year.

Import (noun) - Oil is an important import that the U.S. receives from the Middle East.
Import (verb) - The U.S. will import oil from Iraq.

Function (noun) - The function of a car is to transport people.
Function (verb) - If you can follow directions, you will function in school much better.

Import: (v) to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.

(n) the act of importing or bringing in; importation, as of goods from abroad: the import of foreign cars.

 

Export:(v) to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, esp. to another country.

(n) to ship commodities to another country for sale, exchange, etc.

 

Function: (n) a factor related to or dependent upon other factors: Price is a function of supply and demand

(v) to have or exercise a function; serve: In earlier English the present tense often functioned as a future. This orange crate can function as a chair