Dictionary
im•port
Pronunciation: (
—v.im-pôrt', -pōrt';
—n.im'pôrt, -pōrt), [key]—
v.t.
1. to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
2. to bring or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another:
foreign bodies imported into the blood; foodstuffs imported from the farm.
3. to convey as meaning or implication; signify:
Her words imported a change of attitude.
4. to involve as a necessary circumstance; imply:
Religion imports belief.
5. Computers.to bring (documents, data, etc.) into one application program from another.
6. Archaic.to be of consequence or importance to; concern.
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v.i.
to be of consequence or importance; matter.
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n.
1. something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
2. the act of importing or bringing in; importation, as of goods from abroad:
the import of foreign cars.
3. consequence or importance:
matters of great import.
4. meaning; implication; purport:
He felt the import of her words. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
