import

[ verb im-pawrt, -pohrt; noun im-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ verb ɪmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt; noun ˈɪm pɔrt, -poʊrt /

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verb (used with object)

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.

verb (used without object)

to be of consequence or importance; to matter: We are friends, and it does not import that we have only just met.

noun

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

1400–50; late Middle English importen < Latin importāre. See im-¹, port⁵

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10 significance, sense.

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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

Words nearby import

impolitic, imponderabilia, imponderable, impone, imponent, import, import quota, importance, importance of being earnest, the, important, importation

Example sentences from the Web for imported

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 |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 |DAILY BEAST
Bodega 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 |DAILY BEAST
But since the crop is not grown domestically, it needs to be imported.

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I first tried these ciders in Burgundy, before they were imported to the United States.

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Imported into Greece, these notions and their cult had a twofold development.

Demonology and Devil-lore |Moncure Daniel Conway
For such are imported, of course, and sold at auction as they arrive.

About Orchids |Frederick Boyle
The rate of duty upon the principal articles of imported goods was, before the War, twelve and one-half per centum ad valorem.

The Middle Period 1817-1858 |John William Burgess
Their virtual assertion of popular sovereignty was temporarily smothered by imported tyranny in the shape of Sir Edmund Andros.

William Bradford of Plymouth |Albert Hale Plumb
Like most other things, the tea-shrub is said to have been imported into Japan from China.

The Empire of the East |H. B. Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for imported

import

verb (ɪmˈpɔːt, ˈɪmpɔːt)

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

noun (ˈɪmpɔːt)

(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

Derived forms of import

importable, adjective importability, noun importer, noun

Word Origin for import

C15: from Latin importāre to carry in, from im- + portāre to carry

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verb (ɪmˈpɔːt, ˈɪmpɔːt)

noun (ˈɪmpɔːt)

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import

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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verb (ɪmˈpɔːt, ˈɪmpɔːt)

noun (ˈɪmpɔːt)

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