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import

[ verb im-pawrt, -pohrt; noun im-pawrt, -pohrt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
  2. to bring or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another:

    foreign bodies imported into the blood; foodstuffs imported from the farm.

  3. to convey as meaning or implication; signify:

    Her words imported a change of attitude.

  4. to involve as a necessary circumstance; imply:

    Religion imports belief.

  5. Computers. to bring (documents, data, etc.) into one software program from another.
  6. Archaic. to be of consequence or importance to; concern.


verb (used without object)

  1. to be of consequence or importance; to matter:

    We are friends, and it does not import that we have only just met.

noun

  1. something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
  2. the act of importing or bringing in; importation, as of goods from abroad:

    the import of foreign cars.

  3. consequence or importance:

    matters of great import.

    Synonyms: sense, significance

  4. meaning; implication; purport:

    He felt the import of her words.

import

verb

  1. to buy or bring in (goods or services) from a foreign country Compare export
  2. tr to bring in from an outside source

    to import foreign words into the language

  3. rare.
    to signify or be significant; mean; convey

    to import doom

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. often plural
    1. goods ( visible imports ) or services ( invisible imports ) that are bought from foreign countries
    2. ( as modifier )

      an import licence

  2. significance or importance

    a man of great import

  3. meaning or signification
  4. informal.
    a sportsman or -woman who is not native to the country in which he or she plays
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • imˌportaˈbility, noun
  • imˈportable, adjective
  • imˈporter, noun
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Other Words From

  • im·porta·ble adjective
  • im·porta·bili·ty noun
  • im·porter noun
  • non·import noun
  • over·im·port verb (used with object)
  • preim·port verb (used with object)
  • pre·import noun
  • unim·ported adjective
  • unim·porting adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of import1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English importen, from Latin importāre; equivalent to im- 1 + port 5
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Word History and Origins

Origin of import1

C15: from Latin importāre to carry in, from im- + portāre to carry
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Example Sentences

China has fallen behind in its purchases of American agricultural products and energy imports.

From Fortune

The resulting production slowdown caused bottlenecks for all of sorts of imports.

From Quartz

The import reduction is due to three main factors, according to spirits industry veteran Adam Levy.

From Quartz

India’s smart move to tackle this dual problem was to launch a policy which could reduce the crude oil import along with handling the environmental crisis.

From Quartz

The company also announced new initiatives to automate data imports into Google Ads.

The import of those words resonated through my entire being.

CEO Mark Thompson, a solidly-built, 6-foot-2 import from the BBC.

Is it possible that Zima might even make a comeback in the U.S.A, perhaps as some sort of exotic import?

How the Export-Import Bank” became a target “for Tea Party wrath is a little strange to me.

Earlier this year, a Long Island man admitted to trying to import 40,000 piranhas from Hong Kong.

When you next hear of, or see Philip Wharton, you will understand the import of your own words.

I add nothing to the “Extremes,” import nothing from abroad in regard to them, invent nothing.

Porson smoked many bundles of cheroots, which nabobs began to import.

The verb (—) in the Hebrew, when connected with the name of God in different other passages, has the same import.

If performed to God, it is, according to the import of the expression confessing to him, to Covenant.

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