non-import

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.
6.
Archaic. to be of consequence or importance to; concern.
verb (used without object)
7.
to be of consequence or importance; matter.
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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)
pre·im·port, verb (used with object)
pre·im·port, noun
un·im·port·ed, adjective
un·im·port·ing, adjective


10. significance, sense.
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import
 
vb
1.  Compare export to buy or bring in (goods or services) from a foreign country
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
 
n
4.  (often plural)
 a.  goods (visible imports) or services (invisible imports) that are bought from foreign countries
 b.  (as modifier): an import licence
5.  significance or importance: a man of great import
6.  meaning or signification
7.  informal (Canadian) a sportsman or -woman who is not native to the country in which he or she plays
 
[C15: from Latin importāre to carry in, from im- + portāre to carry]
 
im'portable
 
adj
 
importa'bility
 
n
 
im'porter
 
n

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Word Origin & History

import
early 15c., "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 c.1500. The noun meaning "consequence, importance" is from 1580s; sense of
"that which is imported" is from 1680s.
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