Import

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale.
  • v. Computer Science To receive (data) into one program from another.
  • v. To carry or hold the meaning of; signify: a high inflation rate importing hard times for the consumer.
  • v. To imply.
  • v. Archaic To have importance for.
  • verb-intransitive. To be significant. See Synonyms at count1.
  • n. Something imported.
  • n. The act or occupation of importing goods or materials.
  • n. Meaning; signification. See Synonyms at meaning.
  • n. Importance; significance: a legal decision of far-reaching import. See Synonyms at importance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
  • n. The practice of importing.
  • n. Significance, importance.
  • v. To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
  • v. To load a file into a software application for use as a resource in a greater data file.
  • v. To mean, signify
  • v. To express, to imply.
  • v. To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
  • v. To be of importance to (someone or something).
  • v. To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
  • v. To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export.
  • v. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
  • v. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
  • verb-intransitive. To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
  • n. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
  • n. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
  • n. Importance; weight; consequence.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bring from without; introduce from abroad; especially, to bring from a foreign country, or from another state, into one's own country or state: opposed to export: as, to import wares and merchandise.
  • Hence To bring or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another: as, to import irrelevant matter into a discussion.
  • To bear or convey in meaning or implication; signify; mean; denote; betoken.
  • To be of importance, interest, or consequence to; concern; have a bearing upon.
  • To have significance; be of importance.
  • n. That which is imported or brought from without or from abroad; especially, merchandise brought into one country from another: usually in the plural: opposed to export.
  • n. The intrinsic meaning conveyed by anything; the significance borne by, or the interpretation to be drawn from, an event, action, speech, writing, or the like; purport; bearing: as, the import of one's conduct.
  • n. Importance; consequence; moment.
  • n. Synonyms Sense, gist, tenor, substance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
  • v. bring in from abroad
  • v. indicate or signify
  • v. transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
  • n. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
  • n. having important effects or influence
  • n. an imported person brought from a foreign country
  • n. the message that is intended or expressed or signified
  • Antonym
    Verb Form
    imported    importing    imports   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    trade good    commodity    good    mean    intend    transfer    substance    meaning    outlander    foreigner   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    betoken    interest    concern    indicate    imply    mean    denote    signify    purport    importance   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Court    Dort    Mort    Porte    Stuart    abort    assort    athwart    boart    bort   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts