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Webster 1913 Edition

Import

Im-port′

,
Verb.
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.]
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 Brazil, 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.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To denote; mean; signify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.

Im-port′

,
Verb.
I.
To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
“For that . . . importeth to the work.”
Bacon.

Im′port

,
Noun.
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
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Import

IMPO'RT

,
Verb.
T.
[L.importo; in and porto,to bar. See Bear.]
1.
To bring from a foreign country or jurisdiction, or from another state, into one's own country, jurisdiction or state; opposed to export. We import teas and silks from China, wines from Spain and France,and dry goods from Great Britain. Great Britain imports cotton from American and India. We may say also that Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine import flour from the middle states.
2.
To bear or convey, as signification or meaning; to mean; to signify; to imply. We are to understand by a term, what it clearly imports.
3.
To be of weight to; to be of moment or consequence to; to bear on the interest of, or to have a bearing on.
Her length of sickness, with what else more serious
Importeth thee to know,this bears.
If I endure it,what imports it you?

Definition 2024

Import

Import

See also: import

German

Noun

Import m ‎(genitive Imports or Importes, plural Importe)

  1. (economics) import (the act of importing)

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import

import

See also: Import

English

Noun

import ‎(countable and uncountable, plural imports)

  1. (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
  2. (uncountable) The practice of importing.
  3. (uncountable) Significance, importance.
    It was a matter of great import.‎
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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
  2. (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
    How can I import files from older versions of this application?
Quotations
  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:import.
Derived terms
Antonyms
  • (bring in from a foreign country): export
Translations

Etymology 2

From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
    • 1661, Thomas Salusbury:
      See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.
  2. (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
    • 1593, Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost:
      This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta.
    • Dryden
      If I endure it, what imports it you?
  3. (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
    • 1762, David Hume, The History of England:
      It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.
  4. (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
    • 1819, Shelley, "The Cenci":
      It much imports your house That all should be made clear.
  5. (transitive) To mean, signify.
    • Hooker
      Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.
  6. (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.

References

Czech

Noun

import m

  1. import

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

import m ‎(plural importen, diminutive importje n)

  1. Geographical import

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Antonyms

Related terms

  • importeur m

French

Noun

import m ‎(plural imports)

  1. Geographical import

Derived terms

  • importeur m

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From English import. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈimport]
  • Hyphenation: im‧port

Noun

import ‎(plural importok)

  1. import

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative import importok
accusative importot importokat
dative importnak importoknak
instrumental importtal importokkal
causal-final importért importokért
translative importtá importokká
terminative importig importokig
essive-formal importként importokként
essive-modal — —
inessive importban importokban
superessive importon importokon
adessive importnál importoknál
illative importba importokba
sublative importra importokra
allative importhoz importokhoz
elative importból importokból
delative importról importokról
ablative importtól importoktól
Possessive forms of import
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. importom importjaim
2nd person sing. importod importjaid
3rd person sing. importja importjai
1st person plural importunk importjaink
2nd person plural importotok importjaitok
3rd person plural importjuk importjaik

References

  1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English or German

Noun

import m ‎(definite singular importen, indefinite plural importer, definite plural importene)

  1. import

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English or German

Noun

import m ‎(definite singular importen, indefinite plural importar, definite plural importane)

  1. import

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English import, from Latin importare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐmport/
  • Hyphenation: i‧mport

Noun

ìmport m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ѝмпорт)

  1. import (practice of importing)
  2. An import (something brought in from a foreign country)

Declension

References

  • “import” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

import c

  1. import

Declension

Related terms

  • importera
  • importförbud
  • importtillstånd
  • importtull

Synonyms

  • införsel

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