Etymology : Middle English, from Latin importare to bring into, from in- + portare to carry; more at FARE
Pronunciation : im-pOrt, -port, im-"
Function : verb
Date : 15th century
1. bringing in of goods from another country; meaning, significance; loading into a program of a file which was created by a different program (Computers). bring from another place; bring in goods from a foreign country; signify, imply; be important, be significant. import\im*port"\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. imported; p. pr. & vb. n. importing.] [l. importare to bring in, to occasion, to cause; pref. im- in + portare to bear. sense 3 comes through f. importer, from the latin. see:
port demeanor.].
2. 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.
3. to carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. every petition doth always import a multitude of speakers together.
4. to be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. i have a motion much imports your good. if i endure it, what imports it you?.
5. To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; opposed to export.
6. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.
7. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
8. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
9. To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
10. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
11. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
12. Importance; weight; consequence. commodities bought from a foreign country an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees".
13. ,-tu importation.
14. 1. To import products or raw materials means to buy them from another country for use in your own country. Britain last year spent nearly £5000 million more on importing food than selling abroad To import from Russia, a Ukrainian firm needs Russian roubles. imported goods from Mexico and India. ¡Ù export Import is also a noun. Germany, however, insists on restrictions on the import of Polish coal ¡Ù export + importation im·por·ta·tion restrictions concerning the importation of birds.
15. Imports are products or raw materials bought from another country for use in your own country. farmers protesting about cheap imports.
16. The import of something is its importance. Such arguments are of little import. = consequence.
17. If you import files or information into one type of software from another type, you open them in a format that can be used in the new software. You can import files from Microsoft Word 5.1 or MacWrite II. ¡Ù export.
18. The import of something is its meaning, especially when the meaning is not clearly expressed. I have already spoken about the import of his speech.
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