import
to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
to bring or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another: foreign bodies imported into the blood; foodstuffs imported from the farm.
to convey as meaning or implication; signify: Her words imported a change of attitude.
to involve as a necessary circumstance; imply: Religion imports belief.
Computers. to bring (documents, data, etc.) into one software program from another.
Archaic. to be of consequence or importance to; concern.
to be of consequence or importance; to matter: We are friends, and it does not import that we have only just met.
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
the act of importing or bringing in; importation, as of goods from abroad: the import of foreign cars.
consequence or importance: matters of great import.
meaning; implication; purport: He felt the import of her words.
Origin of import
1Other words for import
Other words from import
- 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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British Dictionary definitions for import
to buy or bring in (goods or services) from a foreign country: Compare export
(tr) to bring in from an outside source: to import foreign words into the language
rare to signify or be significant; mean; convey: to import doom
(often plural)
goods (visible imports) or services (invisible imports) that are bought from foreign countries
(as modifier): an import licence
significance or importance: a man of great import
meaning or signification
Canadian informal a sportsman or -woman who is not native to the country in which he or she plays
Origin of import
1Derived forms of import
- importable, adjective
- importability, noun
- importer, noun
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