import

[ verb im-pawrt, -pohrt; noun im-pawrt, -pohrt ]
/ verb ɪmˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt; noun ˈɪm pɔrt, -poʊrt /

verb (used with object)

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

Origin of import

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

OTHER WORDS FROM import

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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)

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