Import Definition
ĭm-pôrt, ĭmpôrt
imported, importing, imports
verb
imported, importing, imports
To bring in from the outside; introduce.
Webster's New World
To bring (goods) from another country or countries, esp. for purposes of sale.
Webster's New World
To receive (data) into one program from another.
American Heritage
To carry or hold the meaning of; signify.
Had trouble understanding what the strange word imported.
American Heritage
To express or make known.
The news imported by their letter.
American Heritage
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noun
imports
Something imported.
Webster's New World
The act or business of importing (goods)
Webster's New World
Meaning; signification.
Webster's New World
Importance.
Webster's New World
A product brought in the course of commerce into a country other than the one in which it originated.
Webster's New World Law
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adjective
Of or for importing or imports.
Webster's New World
Origin of Import
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Middle English importen to convey a meaning from Medieval Latin importāre and from Old French importer to cause both from Latin importāre to carry in, cause in- in in–2 portāre to carry per-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō.
From Wiktionary
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