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
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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, nounWord Origin for import
C15: from Latin
importāre to carry in, from
im- +
portāre to carry