import

See also Import

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

• (UK) enPR: ĭm'pôrt, IPA: /ˈɪm.pɔː(ɹ)t/, SAMPA: /"ImpO:(r\)t/
• (US) enPR: ĭm'pôrt, IPA: /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/, SAMPA: /"ImpOr\t/

Verb

• (UK) enPR: ĭmpôt', IPA: /ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)t/, SAMPA: /Im"pO:(r\)t/
• (US) enPR: ĭmpôrt', IPA: /ɪmˈpɔɹt/, SAMPA: /Im"pOrt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t

Etymology 1

(verb) From Middle English importen, from Latin importō (“I bring in from abroad, import”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“I carry, bear; convey”).

Noun

Wikipedia 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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• (practice of importing): export
• (something brought in from a foreign country): export
• insignificance

Translations

something brought in from a foreign country

Arabic: استيراد (ar) (istiraad) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 進口 (cmn), 进口 (cmn) (jìnkǒu), 輸入 (cmn), 输入 (cmn) (shūrù) Croatian: import (hr) m., uvoz (hr) m. Dutch: import (nl), invoer (nl) Finnish: tuontitavara, importti (slang) German: Importware f., Importgut n.

Greek: εισαγωγή (el) (eisagogí) f. Hebrew: ייבוא (he) (y'ivu) m. Japanese: 輸入品 (ja) (ゆにゅうひん, yunyūhin) Portuguese: importados m. pl. Russian: импорт (ru) (ímport) m. Serbian: uvoz (sr) Spanish: importación f. Swedish: import (sv) c., införsel (sv) c.

practice of importing

Arabic: استيراد (ar) (istiraad) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 進口 (cmn), 进口 (cmn) (jìnkǒu), 輸入 (cmn), 输入 (cmn) (shūrù) Croatian: import (hr) m., uvoz (hr) m. Czech: dovoz (cs) m., import (cs) m. Dutch: import (nl), invoer (nl) Finnish: tuonti (fi), maahantuonti (fi)

German: Import (de) m., Einfuhr (de) f. Greek: εισαγωγή (el) (eisagogí) f. Japanese: 輸入 (yunyū), 輸入 (ja) (ゆにゅう, yunyū) Russian: импорт (ru) (ímport) m., ввоз (ru) (vvoz) m. Serbian: : uvoziti Spanish: importación f. Swedish: import (sv) c., införsel (sv) c.

licence for import

Dutch: invoervergunning

Serbian: uvoznica

significance, importance

Dutch: belang (nl) n., gewicht (nl) n. Finnish: tärkeys, merkityksellisyys

Scottish Gaelic: susbaint (gd) f. Spanish: importancia (es) f., significado (es) m.

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 for use as a resource in a greater data file.
3. (transitive) To mean, signify
4. (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Derived terms

• importable
• important
• importer
• importation

Antonyms

• (bring in from a foreign country): export

Translations

to bring in from a foreign country

Arabic: استورد (ar) (istawrada) Chinese: Mandarin: 進口 (cmn), 进口 (cmn) (jìnkǒu), 輸入 (cmn), 输入 (cmn) (shūrù) Croatian: ùvesti (hr) pf., uvòziti (hr) impf. Czech: dovézt (cs) Dutch: invoeren (nl), importeren (nl) Esperanto: importi (eo) Estonian: importima, (sisse) tooma Finnish: tuoda (maahan) French: importer (fr) German: importieren (de), einführen (de) Greek: εισάγω (el) (eiságo)

Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: importál (hu) Italian: importare (it) Japanese: 輸入する (ja) (ゆにゅうする, yunyū-suru) Korean: please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish: aféieren (lb), importéieren (lb) Russian: импортировать (ru) (importírovat') impf. and pf.; ввозить (ru) (vvozít') impf., ввезти (ru) (vveztí) pf. Spanish: importar (es) Swedish: importera (sv), föra in (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can

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.

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.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

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Czech

Noun

import m.

1. import

Synonyms

• dovoz

Antonyms

• export, vývoz

Related terms

• importér
• importní
• importovat

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Dutch

Noun

import m. (plural importen, diminutive importje)

1. Geographical import

Synonyms

• invoer

Antonyms

• export, uitvoer

Related terms

• importeur m.

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French

Noun

import m. (plural imports)

1. Geographical import

Derived terms

• importeur m.

Anagrams

• promit, promît, rompit, rompît

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English import, from Latin importare.

Noun

import m. (Cyrillic spelling импорт)

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

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Swedish

Noun

import c.

1. import

Declension

Declension of import

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	import	importen
genitive	imports	importens

Related terms

• importera
• importförbud
• importtillstånd
• importtull

Synonyms

• införsel

Antonyms

• export