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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How to use import in a sentence
Last year, lobster imports from Australia were worth around $530 million.
They don’t even look at the name on the temporary import permit.
Exports of aircraft, cars, and oil fell dramatically, while imports stayed closer to normal largely because of a massive increase in gold imports and pharmaceutical supplies.
In trade, that usually refers to the trade deficit — that is, America’s exports to a country minus its imports.
Robert Lighthizer Blew Up 60 Years of Trade Policy. Nobody Knows What Happens Next. | by Lydia DePillis | October 13, 2020 | ProPublicaThe big danger that stance creates is that higher import prices will lead to higher inflation, yet rates don’t rise to stabilize the dollar.
The biggest economic threat facing the next administration: A weak dollar | Shawn Tully | October 11, 2020 | Fortune
Or the supply of importable food may fail by the peopling up of the countries which grow it.
Outspoken Essays | William Ralph IngeSo he went back to the others among the shrubs and they all crowded round their leader full of importable news.
The Wouldbegoods | E. NesbitIt is only to pay for importable goods that gold ever leaves the country in which the owner resides.
Money | John P. JonesAnd both with one consent reioyced in reuenge, whereof the passion was importable.
The Palace of Pleasure | William Painter
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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