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
Let’s not add drug imports to our list of things to worry about.
Even so, later in October, Brazilian authorities approved the import of 6 million doses of Sinovac’s vaccine candidate.
China approved early distribution of a COVID vaccine to tens of thousands. Now there are safety concerns | Grady McGregor | November 10, 2020 | FortuneChina is piling import restrictions on goods from Australia, including barley, beef, wine, coal, and copper ore with media reporting that a raft of new restrictions will be introduced this week.
Is China ‘open for business’? Beijing is sending mixed messages | eamonbarrett | November 5, 2020 | FortuneOn Tuesday, the South China Morning Post reported that Beijing planned to ban imports of Australian wheat as well, cutting off trade worth $394 million.
By contrast, for its second-largest energy source, oil, China is highly dependent on imports.
Xi Jinping’s ‘carbon neutrality’ bombshell leaves China in a climate conundrum | Naomi Xu Elegant | October 31, 2020 | Fortune
In the first six months of this year, we saw a 48 percent growth in sales of imported and craft beers.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"Right now beer is a trend," Bernardo Rivas, the owner of Bodega Mi Amiga tells me in the imported beer aisle.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBodega Mi Amiga sells every kind of liquor you can imagine, or that is legally allowed to be imported into Panama.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut since the crop is not grown domestically, it needs to be imported.
Chinese Getting Hooked on the Middle East's Favorite Drug | Brendon Hong | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI first tried these ciders in Burgundy, before they were imported to the United States.
By an Act passed in the 4th of William and Mary foreign buttons made of hair were forbidden to be imported.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellFifteen cents is the price, and many are palmed off on the unwise for the real imported article.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Cigars made wholly of imported Cuban tobacco come next on the list.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The good farmer imported, for the interior filling, a fine tobacco from Havana.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.It means that many trees have been imported from the east by way of Alexandria.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer
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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