import

Plural: imports

Noun

• commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
• an imported person brought from a foreign country
  • "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"
  • "they are descendants of indentured importees"
• the message that is intended or expressed or signified
  • "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
• a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
• having important effects or influence
• Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
• The practice of importing.
• Clipping of importance.
• A foreigner playing in a sports league.

Verb

Verb Forms: imported, importing, imports

• To bring goods or services into a country from abroad.
• bring in from abroad
• transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
• indicate or signify
• To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
• To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
• To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
• To be of importance to (someone or something).
• To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
• To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
• To mean, signify.
• To express, to imply.

Examples

• He tried to import a foreign word into his Scrabble game, but it wasn’t allowed.
• How can I import files from older versions of this application?
• It was a matter of great import.
• Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.

Synonyms

consequence, implication, importation, importee, meaning, moment, significance, signification, spell, importance, importancy, purport, tenor, weight

Antonyms

export, inconsequence, insignificance

Anagrams of import