import
pronunciation
How to pronounce import in British English:
UK [ˈɪmpɔːt , ɪmˈpɔːt]
How to pronounce import in American English:
US [ˈɪmpɔːrt , ɪmˈpɔːrt]
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- Noun:
- commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
- an imported person brought from a foreign country
- the message that is intended or expressed or signified
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
- having important effects or influence
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- Verb:
- bring in from abroad
- indicate or signify
Word Origin
- import (v.)
- early 15c., "convey information, express, make known, signify," from Latin importare "bring in, convey," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Sense of "bring in goods from abroad" first recorded c. 1500. Related: Imported; importing.
- import (n.)
- "consequence, importance," 1580s; sense of "that which is imported" is from 1680s; both from import (v.).