importing

[v. im-pawrt, -pohrt; n. im-pawrt, -pohrt]

im·port

[v. im-pawrt, -pohrt; n. 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.
EXPAND
6.
Archaic. to be of consequence or importance to; concern.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
7.
to be of consequence or importance; matter.

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Importing is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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 Middle English importen < Latin importāre. See im-1, port5

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)
EXPAND
pre·im·port, verb (used with object)
pre·im·port, noun
un·im·port·ed, adjective
un·im·port·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE


10. significance, sense.

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importing

noun
the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country 
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