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import
[ verb im-pawrt, -pohrt; noun im-pawrt, -pohrt ]
verb (used with object)
- to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- to bring or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another:
foreign bodies imported into the blood; foodstuffs imported from the farm.
- to convey as meaning or implication; signify:
Her words imported a change of attitude.
- to involve as a necessary circumstance; imply:
Religion imports belief.
- Computers. to bring (documents, data, etc.) into one software program from another.
- Archaic. to be of consequence or importance to; concern.
verb (used without object)
- to be of consequence or importance; to matter:
We are friends, and it does not import that we have only just met.
noun
- something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- the act of importing or bringing in; importation, as of goods from abroad:
the import of foreign cars.
- consequence or importance:
matters of great import.
Synonyms: ,
- meaning; implication; purport:
He felt the import of her words.
import
verb
- to buy or bring in (goods or services) from a foreign country Compare export
- tr to bring in from an outside source
to import foreign words into the language
- rare.to signify or be significant; mean; convey
to import doom
noun
- often plural
- goods ( visible imports ) or services ( invisible imports ) that are bought from foreign countries
- ( as modifier )
an import licence
- significance or importance
a man of great import
- meaning or signification
- informal.a sportsman or -woman who is not native to the country in which he or she plays
Derived Forms
- ˌǰٲˈٲ, noun
- ˈǰٲ, adjective
- ˈǰٱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ǰa· adjective
- ·ǰa·i·ٲ noun
- ·ǰİ noun
- ԴDz·pǰ noun
- v··ǰ verb (used with object)
- i·ǰ verb (used with object)
- ·pǰ noun
- ܲi·ǰĻ adjective
- ܲi·ǰiԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of import1
Example Sentences
Donald Trump, in announcing his sweeping new tariffs on US imports on Wednesday, promised that the history books would record 2 April as America's "liberation day".
On Friday, China responded to the 34% tariffs imposed by the U.S. by announcing it would impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products starting Thursday.
The Grassley-Cantwell bill marks the second time senators pushed back on Trump’s new import taxes in just a week.
The president also suggested the US could offer a deal where China agrees to approve a TikTok sale in exchange for relief from US tariffs on Chinese imports.
US President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs - or import taxes - for nearly every country in the world could push prices up on almost all the staples Americans routinely buy, from clothes to coffee.
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