import

1. 1

   Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.countable

   • Trump’s July 8 announcement of a 50% tariff on copper imports beginning August 1 sent prices surging 13% in one day, up to a record high of $5.69 per pound.
2. 2

   The practice of importing.uncountable

3. 3

   A foreigner playing in a sports league.Philippinescountable

syn. importancy · importance · meaning · purport · significance · tenor · weight

ant. export · insignificance

1. 1

   To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.transitive

   • Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.
2. 2

   To load a file into a software application from another version or system.transitive

   • How can I import files from older versions of this application?

1. 1

   To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.intransitive

   • See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.
2. 2

   To be of importance to (someone or something).transitive

   • This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta.
   • If I endure it, what imports it you?
3. 3

   To be incumbent on (someone to do something).transitive

   • It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.
4. 4

   To be important or crucial to (that something happen).transitive

   • It much imports your house That all should be made clear.
5. 5

   To mean, signify.transitive

   • Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.
6. 6

   To express, to imply.archaictransitive

1. 1

   The meaning of a term, statement, etc.dated

   • The greater part of the English words derived from the Anglo-Saxon exist also in German, either with the same import— as 𝔉𝔢𝔲𝔢𝔯, fire; 𝔅𝔯𝔲𝔡𝔢𝔯, brother,— or with a kindred import, as 𝔏𝔲ſ𝔱 (pleasure), lust; ℌ𝔲𝔫𝔡 (dog), hound.
2. 2

   Significance, importanceuncountable

   • It was a matter of great import.