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Definitions for Import

[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 software program from another.
[6] Archaic . to be of consequence or importance to; concern.
[7] to be of consequence or importance; to matter: We are friends, and it does not import that we have only just met.
[8] something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
[9] the act of importing or bringing in; importation, as of goods from abroad: the import of foreign cars.
[10] consequence or importance: matters of great import.
[11] meaning; implication; purport: He felt the import of her words.
[12] to buy or bring in (goods or services) from a foreign country Compare export
[13] (tr) to bring in from an outside source to import foreign words into the language
[14] rare to signify or be significant; mean; convey to import doom
[15] (often plural) goods (visible imports ) or services (invisible imports ) that are bought from foreign countries (as modifier ) an import licence
[16] significance or importance a man of great import
[17] meaning or signification
[18] Canadian informal a sportsman or -woman who is not native to the country in which he or she plays

Words related to Import

construction, worth, value, point, heart, interpretation, gist, purport, bearing, significance, drift, understanding, thrust, stuff, sense, signification, score, implication, meat, acceptation

Words nearby Import

impolitic, imponderabilia, imponderable, impone, imponent, import, import quota, importance, importance of being earnest, the, important, importation

Origin of Import

1400–50; late Middle English importen < Latin importāre. See im-1, port5

Other words from Import

im·port·a·ble , adjective
im·port·a·bil·i·ty , noun
im·port·er , noun
non·im·port , noun
o·ver·im·port , verb (used with object)
pre·im·port , verb (used with object)
pre·im·port , noun
un·im·port·ed , adjective
un·im·port·ing , adjective

Word origin for Import

C15: from Latin importāre to carry in, from im- + portāre to carry

Synonyms for Import

construction, acceptation, bearing, drift, gist, heart, implication, intention, interpretation, meat, message, point, purport, score, sense, significance, signification, stuff, thrust, understanding, bottom line, intendment, name of the game, nature of beast, nuts and bolts, punch line, significancy