English Explanatory Dictionary

import

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
  2. The practice of importing.
  3. Clipping of importance.
  4. A foreigner playing in a sports league.
verb
  1. To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
  2. To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
verb
  1. To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
  2. To be of importance to (someone or something).
  3. To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
  4. To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
  5. To mean, signify.
  6. To express, to imply.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

import imports importing imported

Etymology

From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“to carry, bear; convey”).

Synonyms

importancy importance meaning purport significance tenor weight importation

Antonyms

export insignificance

Derived words

antiimport importless invisible import nonimport parallel import reverse import reimport importability importable important importation importee importer importin importome nonimported nonimporting overimport unimported unimporting

Translations

Dutch: invoervergunning Macedonian: уво́зница Serbo-Croatian: у́возница Serbo-Croatian: úvoznica
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