'Import' definitions:
Definition of 'import'
(from WordNet)
noun
Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country [syn: import, importation] [ant: export, exportation]
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" [syn: import, importee]
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" [syn: meaning, significance, signification, import]
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" [syn: significance, import, implication]
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" [syn: consequence, import, moment] [ant: inconsequence]
verb
Bring in from abroad [ant: export]
verb
Transfer (electronic data) into a database or document [ant: export]
verb
Indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" [syn: spell, import]
Definition of 'Import'
From: GCIDE
- Import \Im*port"\, v. i. To signify; to purport; to be of moment. "For that . . . importeth to the work." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Import'
From: GCIDE
- Import \Im"port\, n.
- 1. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports. [1913 Webster]
- I take the imports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Importance; weight; consequence. [1913 Webster]
- Most serious design, and the great import. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Import'
From: GCIDE
- Import \Im*port"\, v. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. [1913 Webster]
- Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. [1913 Webster]
- I have a motion much imports your good. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- If I endure it, what imports it you? --Dryden.
- Syn: To denote; mean; signify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'import'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accent,
- acceptation,
- access,
- add up to,
- admission,
- affective meaning,
- allegorize,
- allegory,
- allude to,
- allusion,
- amount to something,
- arcane meaning,
- argue,
- assign,
- assume,
- assumption,
- be construed as,
- be featured,
- be prominent,
- be somebody,
- be something,
- bearing,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- breathe,
- bring in,
- bring to mind,
- carry over,
- carry weight,
- coloration,
- coloring,
- communicate,
- communication,
- concern,
- concernment,
- conduction,
- connotation,
- connote,
- consequence,
- consequentiality,
- consideration,
- consign,
- construction,
- contagion,
- convection,
- convey,
- count,
- cut ice,
- cut some ice,
- deliver,
- delivery,
- denotation,
- denote,
- deport,
- deportation,
- design,
- diapedesis,
- diffuse,
- diffusion,
- disseminate,
- dissemination,
- drift,
- effect,
- emphasis,
- entail,
- entrance,
- entree,
- entry,
- essence,
- excellence,
- expel,
- export,
- exportation,
- express,
- expulsion,
- extension,
- extradite,
- extradition,
- force,
- get top billing,
- gist,
- grammatical meaning,
- hand forward,
- hand on,
- hand over,
- high order,
- high rank,
- hint,
- idea,
- impact,
- impart,
- implicate,
- implication,
- implied meaning,
- imply,
- importance,
- importation,
- importing,
- income,
- incoming,
- indicate,
- infer,
- inference,
- infiltration,
- ingoing,
- ingress,
- ingression,
- innuendo,
- input,
- insertion,
- insinuate,
- insinuation,
- intake,
- intend,
- intendment,
- intension,
- intent,
- intention,
- interchange,
- interest,
- interpenetration,
- interpretation,
- intimate,
- intimation,
- introduce,
- introduction,
- introgression,
- intrusion,
- involve,
- ironic suggestion,
- leakage,
- lexical meaning,
- literal meaning,
- magnitude,
- make over,
- mark,
- materiality,
- matter,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- meaning,
- merit,
- message,
- metaphorical sense,
- metastasis,
- metastasize,
- metathesis,
- metathesize,
- metempsychosis,
- migration,
- moment,
- momentousness,
- mutual transfer,
- note,
- nuance,
- object,
- objective,
- occult meaning,
- osmosis,
- overtone,
- paramountcy,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- pass the buck,
- passage,
- passing over,
- penetration,
- percolation,
- perfuse,
- perfusion,
- pertinence,
- pith,
- point,
- point indirectly to,
- practical consequence,
- precedence,
- preeminence,
- presume,
- presumption,
- presuppose,
- presupposition,
- primacy,
- priority,
- purport,
- purpose,
- range of meaning,
- real meaning,
- reception,
- refer to,
- reference,
- referent,
- relation,
- relay,
- relevance,
- scope,
- seepage,
- self-importance,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- significance,
- significancy,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- signify,
- span of meaning,
- spell,
- spirit,
- spread,
- spreading,
- stand for,
- stand out,
- star,
- stress,
- structural meaning,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- substance,
- suggest,
- suggestion,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- superiority,
- suppose,
- supposition,
- supremacy,
- switch,
- symbolic meaning,
- symbolism,
- symbolize,
- take for granted,
- tell,
- tenor,
- thrust,
- tinge,
- totality of associations,
- touch,
- transduction,
- transfer,
- transfer of property,
- transfer property,
- transference,
- transferred meaning,
- transfuse,
- transfusion,
- transit,
- transition,
- translate,
- translation,
- translocate,
- translocation,
- transmigration,
- transmigration of souls,
- transmission,
- transmit,
- transmittal,
- transmittance,
- transplace,
- transplacement,
- transplant,
- transplantation,
- transposal,
- transpose,
- transposition,
- travel,
- turn over,
- unadorned meaning,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- understanding,
- undertone,
- value,
- weigh,
- weight,
- weightiness,
- worth
Words containing 'Import'
- Importable,
- Importableness,
- Importance,
- Importancy,
- Important,
- Importantly,
- Importation,
- Imported,
- Importer,
- Importing,
- all important,
- most importantly,
- of import,
- all-important,
- import barrier,
- import credit,
- import duty,
- important person,
- very important person,
- Self-importance,
- Self-important,
- important-looking