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im·port (im pôrt′, im′pôrt′; for n. im′pôrt′)

transitive verb

    1. to bring in from the outside; introduce
    2. to bring (goods) from another country or countries, esp. for purposes of sale
  2. to mean; signify an action that imports trouble
  3. Archaic to be of importance to; concern

Etymology: ME importen < L importare, to bring in, introduce < in-, in + portare, to carry (see fare); import, , & < ML importare, to imply, mean, be of importance < L

intransitive verb

to be of importance; matter

noun

  1. the act or business of importing (goods)
  2. something imported
  3. meaning; signification
  4. importance

adjective

of or for importing or imports

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Alternate definitions:

business import definition - business

finance import definition - finance

law import definition - legal

import Synonyms

import

v.

  1. To bring in

    introduce, ship in, carry in, transport in, ferry in, truck in, freight in, buy abroad; see also carry 1, send 1, ship.

    Antonyms export*, ship out, sell abroad.

  2. To signify

    denote, imply, convey; see mean 1.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

import Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • meat: The Prime Minister: There are strict rules that govern the import of meat.

Object

  • ton: We imported 34.5 million tons of oilseed cake into the EU in 1999/2000, over 26.3 million tons of which was soya cake.

Converse of object

  • ban: No country outside the Community has banned totally the import of animal protein from the UK.

Adjective modifier

  • illegal: Illegal imports of foxes from Europe is another possibility.

Modifies a noun

  • sys: You can change the first two lines of code in moin.cgi to something like this: 1 2 import sys sys.
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