import

See also Import

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Verb

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

• Dutch: import (nl), invoer (nl)
• Finnish: tuontitavara (fi), importti (fi) (slang)
• German: Importware (de) f, Importgut (de) 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 (pt) m pl
• Russian: импорт (ru) (ímport) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: увоз (sh) m, импорт (sh) m

  Roman: uvoz (sh) m, import (sh) m

• Spanish: importación (es) 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)

• 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 (ja) (yunyū), 輸入 (ja) (ゆにゅう, yunyū)
• Russian: импорт (ru) (ímport) m, ввоз (ru) (vvoz) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: импорт (sh) m, увоз (sh) m

  Roman: import (sh) m, uvoz (sh) m

• Spanish: importación (es) f
• Swedish: import (sv) c, införsel (sv) c

licence for import

• Dutch: invoervergunning (nl)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: увозница (sh)

  Roman: uvoznica (sh)

significance, importance

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

• 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 from another version or system.

   How can I import files from older versions of this application?

Quotations

• For usage examples 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)

• Czech: dovézt (cs)
• Dutch: invoeren (nl), importeren (nl)
• Esperanto: importi (eo)
• Estonian: importima (et), (sisse) tooma
• Finnish: tuoda (fi) (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.
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: увести (sh) pf., увозити (sh) impf.

  Roman: ùvesti (sh) pf., uvòziti (sh) impf.

• 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.

5. (transitive) To mean, signify.
6. (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.

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