import

Speech parts

1. import - Noun

2. import - Verb

Meaning

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. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.

To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.

To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.

To signify; to purport; to be of moment.

Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.

That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.

Importance; weight; consequence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

meaning significance interest mean importance concern moment consequence imply spell tenor implication importation signification purport

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Antonyms

export insignificance block hide multiplication deny

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Hypernyms

outlander good meaning trade content mean

Hyponyms

point effect matter sense overtone core

Phrases with the word

of little import Import substitution import illegally textile import arrangement textile import quota I import

Derivatives

imported importing

Examples

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virtue is of more moment than security Source: Internet

that result is of no consequence Source: Internet

the significance of his remark became clear only later Source: Internet

the expectation was spread both by word and by implication Source: Internet

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Close letter words and terms

impopularity imporosity imporous import back import barrier import barriers