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im⋅port

  [v. im-pawrt, -pohrt; n. im-pawrt, -pohrt]
Use import in a Sentence
–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)
7. to be of consequence or importance; matter.
–noun
8. something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
9. the act of importing or bringing in; importation, as of goods from abroad: the import of foreign cars.
10. consequence or importance: matters of great import.
11. meaning; implication; purport: He felt the import of her words.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME importen < L importāre. See im- 1 , port 5

Related forms:
im⋅port⋅a⋅ble, adjective
im⋅port⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
im⋅port⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
10. significance, sense.
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im·port   (ĭm-pôrt', -pōrt', ĭm'pôrt', -pōrt')   
v.   im·port·ed, im·port·ing, im·ports

v.   tr.

  1. To bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale.

  2. Computer Science To receive (data) into one program from another.

  3. To carry or hold the meaning of; signify: a high inflation rate importing hard times for the consumer.

  4. To imply.

  5. Archaic To have importance for.

v.   intr.
To be significant. See Synonyms at count1.
n.   (ĭm'pôrt', -pōrt')

  1. Something imported.

  2. The act or occupation of importing goods or materials.

  3. Meaning; signification. See Synonyms at meaning.

  4. Importance; significance: a legal decision of far-reaching import. See Synonyms at importance.


[Middle English importen, to convey a meaning, from Medieval Latin importāre and from Old French importer, to cause, both from Latin importāre, to carry in, cause : in-, in; see in-2 + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
im·port'a·bil'i·ty n., im·port'a·ble adj., im·port'er n.
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Word Origin & History

import  (v.)
c.1430, "convey information, express, make known," from L. importare "bring in, convey," from in- "into" + portare "to carry" (see port (1)). Sense of "bring in goods from abroad" first recorded 1508. The noun meaning "consequence, importance" is from 1588; sense of "that which is imported" is from 1690.
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Financial Dictionary

Import

In reference to international trade, these are goods brought into one country from another.

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Goods that are made in Japan and sold in the US are imported into the US.

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import

A good or service brought into a country from another country and offered for sale. While some imported items originate in foreign subsidiaries of domestic companies, large increases in imports tend to hurt sales and profits of many firms located in the importing country. Compare export. See also balance of trade, quota.

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Computing Dictionary

import data
To read data that is not in the native format of the application. For example, a web browser will have its own way of storing bookmarks but it will usually provide a function to import bookmarks from Internet Explorer. The alternative is to provide an independent external conversion utility but this is usually less convenient for the user.
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