import
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: ĭmʹpôt, IPA: /ˈɪm.pɔːt/
- (America) enPR: ĭmʹpôrt, IPA: /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/
- (rhotic, horse-hoarse) enPR: ĭmʹpōrt, IPA: /ˈɪm.po(ː)ɹt/
- (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ˈɪm.poət/
- (RP) enPR: ĭmpôtʹ, IPA: /ɪmˈpɔːt/
- (America) enPR: ĭmpôrtʹ, IPA: /ɪmˈpɔɹt/
- (rhotic, horse-hoarse) enPR: ĭmpōrtʹ, IPA: /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/
- (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ɪmˈpoət/
import
- (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
- (uncountable) The practice of importing.
- (uncountable) Significance, importance.
- It was a matter of great import.
- (significance) importancy, importance, meaning, purport, significance, tenor, weight
- (practice of importing) export
- (something brought in from a foreign country) export
- insignificance
- German: Importware, Importgut
- Portuguese: importados
- Russian: и́мпорт
- Spanish: importación
- French: importation
- German: Import, Einfuhr
- Portuguese: importação
- Russian: и́мпорт
- Spanish: importación
- Portuguese: importância, significância
- Spanish: importancia, significado
import (imports, present participle importing; past and past participle imported)
- (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
- Antonyms: export
- (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
- Antonyms: export
- How can I import files from older versions of this application?
- French: importer
- German: importieren, einführen
- Italian: importare
- Portuguese: importar
- Russian: импорти́ровать
- Spanish: importar
- French: importer
import (imports, present participle importing; past and past participle imported)
- (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
- 1661, Thomas Salusbury
- See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.
- 1661, Thomas Salusbury
- (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
- If I endure it, what imports it you?
- (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
- 1762, David Hume, The History of England:
- It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.
- 1762, David Hume, The History of England:
- (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
- 1819, Shelley, "The Cenci":
- It much imports your house That all should be made clear.
- 1819, Shelley, "The Cenci":
- (transitive) To mean, signify.
- Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.
- (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.
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