IMPORT

import, importation

(noun) commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

consequence, import, moment

(noun) having important effects or influence; “decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself”; “virtue is of more moment than security”; “that result is of no consequence”

significance, import, implication

(noun) a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; “the significance of his remark became clear only later”; “the expectation was spread both by word and by implication”

meaning, significance, signification, import

(noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified; “what is the meaning of this sentence”; “the significance of a red traffic light”; “the signification of Chinese characters”; “the import of his announcement was ambiguous”

import, importee

(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”

spell, import

(verb) indicate or signify; “I’m afraid this spells trouble!”

import

(verb) transfer (electronic data) into a database or document

import

(verb) bring in from abroad

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

import (countable and uncountable, plural imports)

(countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.

(uncountable) The practice of importing.

(uncountable) Significance, importance.

Synonyms

• (significance): importancy, importance, meaning, purport, significance, tenor, weight

Antonyms

• (practice of importing): export

• (something brought in from a foreign country): export

• insignificance

Verb

import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)

(transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

Antonym: export

(transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.

Antonym: export

Etymology 2

Verb

import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)

(intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.

(transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).

(transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).

(transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).

(transitive) To mean, signify.

(transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.

Source: Wiktionary

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Im*port", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imported; p. pr. & vb. n. Importing.] Etym: [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.]

1. 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.

2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. Hooker.

3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. I have a motion much imports your good. Shak. If I endure it, what imports it you Dryden.

Syn.

– To denote; mean; sighify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.

Im*port", v. i.

Definition: To signify; to purport; to be of moment. "For that . . . importeth to the work." Bacon.

Im"port, n.

1. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports. I take the imports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them. Burke.

2. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.

3. Importance; weight; consequence. Most serious design, and the great import. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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