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   import

   verb

   • 1. bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale: "supermarkets may no longer import cheap jeans from Bulgaria"
   • ▪ introduce (an idea) from a different place or context: "new beliefs were often imported by sailors"
   • ▪ transfer (data) into a file or document.
   • 2. indicate or signify: archaic "having thus seen, what is imported in a Man's trusting his Heart"
   • ▪ express or make known: "they passed a resolution importing that they relied on His Majesty's gracious promise"

   noun

   • 1. a commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale: "cheap imports from eastern Europe" Similar imported commodityforeign commoditynon-domestic commodityOpposite export
   • ▪ sales of imported goods or services, or the revenue from such sales: "this surplus pushes up the yen, which ought to boost imports"
   • ▪ the action or process of importing goods or services: "the import of live cattle from Canada" Similar importationimportingintroductionbringing inbringing from abroadbuying from abroadsourcing from abroadshipping inOpposite export
   • 2. the implicit meaning or significance of something: "the import of her message is clear" Similar meaningsenseessencegistdriftpurportmessagethrustsubstancesum and substanceimplicationsignificationpointburdentenorspiritpithcorenubinformal:nitty-gritty
   • ▪ great significance; importance: "pronouncements of world-shaking import" Similar importancesignificanceconsequencemomentmomentousnessmagnitudesubstanceweightweightinessnotenoteworthinessgravityseriousnessOpposite insignificance

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘signify’): from Latin importare ‘bring in’ (in medieval Latin ‘imply, mean, be of consequence’), from in- ‘in’ + portare ‘carry’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. importable adjective

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishIMPORT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of import as a verb and a noun in English, with synonyms, antonyms, and related words. Find out how to use import in different contexts, such as commerce, IT, and grammar.

   • Import: Korean Translation

     IMPORT translate: 수입품, 수입하다, (데이터를)불러오다. Learn more in the...

   • English (US)

     IMPORT meaning: 1. to buy or bring in products from another...

   • Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

     IMPORT definition: 1. to bring something into your country...

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › importImport Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word import as a verb and a noun. Import can mean to bring from a foreign source, to signify, to matter, or to be of consequence.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishIMPORT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Imports are products or raw materials bought from another country for use in your own country. ...farmers protesting about cheap imports. Synonyms: imported goods, foreign goods More Synonyms of import. 3. uncountable noun. The import of something is its importance. [formal] Who leads Canada is also of some import to the rest of the world.

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7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionimport noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the noun import, which can refer to a product or service brought into a country or the importance of something. See collocations, synonyms and word origin of import.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › importImport - definition of import by The Free Dictionary

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9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › importImport - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   Imports are the products shipped into our country from other places. We import Japanese autos and export our pop music to Tokyo. Import also means to signify something. Is it of import to our economic security to have so many Japanese imports on our roads?