Import
[ɪm'pɔːt;'ɪm-] or ['ɪmpɔt]
Definition
(noun.) commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country.
(noun.) an imported person brought from a foreign country; 'the lead role was played by an import from Sweden'; 'they are descendants of indentured importees'.
(verb.) transfer (electronic data) into a database or document.
(verb.) bring in from abroad.
Editor: Stacy--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
(v. t.) To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
(v. i.) To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
(n.) Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
(n.) That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
(n.) Importance; weight; consequence.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Bring into (a country from abroad).[2]. Imply, denote, purport, signify, betoken, mean.[3]. Concern, be of importance to, be of consequence to, be of interest to.
n. [1]. Signification, meaning, purport, import, sense, drift, gist, spirit, bearing, tenor, intention.[2]. Imported merchandise.[3]. Importance, consequence, weight, moment, significance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Introduce, bring
ANT:Export, banish
SYN:Purport, meaning, drift, tenor, significance
ANT:Statement, proceeding
Typed by Claus
Definition
v.t. to carry into: to bring from abroad: to convey as a word: to signify: to be of consequence to: to interest.—n. Im′port that which is brought from abroad: meaning: importance: tendency.—adj. Import′able that may be imported or brought into a country.—ns. Import′ance; Import′ancy (Shak.).—adj. Import′ant of great import or consequence: momentous: pompous.—adv. Import′antly.—ns. Importā′tion the act of importing: the commodities imported; Import′er one who brings in goods from abroad.—adj. Import′less (Shak.) without consequence.
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Examples
- I read these words over and over again: I felt that an explanation belonged to them, and was unable fully to penetrate their import. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They import their own toboggans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was conscious of the practical, as well as the theoretical, import of his investigation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I thought, my dear, that perhaps your face might--' 'My face might be a martyrdom, but what would that import, or who should know it, if I smiled? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And yet there were indications there, had they not been overlaid by other details which concealed their true import. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Some idea of the immensity of this industry may be obtained from the import statistics. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- So if it were not for adult language, we should not be able to see the import of the babbling impulses of infancy. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The poor side of a debtor's prison is, as its name imports, that in which the most miserable and abject class of debtors are confined. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He did try to prevent the English from exchanging exports for European gold, while permitting imports in the hope of depleting England of gold. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The other exports the accommodation and subsistence of a great number, and imports that of a very few only. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The imports for the year 1899 were 3,980,250,569 pounds, and the per capita consumption in 1898 was 61. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The word imports what the Latins call _nanunculus_, the Italians _homunceletino_, and the English _mannikin_. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- His plan was to levy a direct tax upon the separate states, and collect, at the ports left open to trade, a duty on all imports. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Yet first, let me say, said De Bracy, what it imports thee to know. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Imported horses were introduced at Buenos Ayres in 1537, and so flourished in the wild state that in 1580 they were found as far south as the Strai t of Magellan. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This would be the case, even upon the supposition that the whole French goods imported were to be consumed in Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Some part even of the French wine drank in Great Britain, is clandestinely imported from Holland and Zealand. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The wood was imported in bolts or pieces three feet long. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This was imported from England, and arrived in New York in May, 1829, and was tried in that year on a section of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company’s railroad. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The account of what was imported under register, he assures us, is exact. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Success in this line led him to experiment in the manufacture of billiard tables, practically all of which were then imported. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There is also every reason to believe that the French colonists in Maryland and Canada let no great time elapse before importing tables and equipment into those colonies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They abound, therefore, in the rude produce of land; and instead of importing it from other countries, they have generally a large surplus to export. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The United States alone was in 1875 importing 134,000 watches annually from that country. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Pleasant with a grave look shook her head; importing that she understood the process, but decidedly disapproved. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Not even known to be gone until receipt of message, importing that her return was not to be expected for the present. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Unless you object, Mr. Jennings, to my importing THAT amount of common sense into the proceedings? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At the time the war broke out, in August, 1914, Germany was importing nearly one million tons of nitrate of soda per annum from Chile, South America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Whitney