import

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
2. (uncountable) The practice of importing.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable) Clipping of importance.
4. (Philippines, countable) A foreigner playing in a sports league.

Verb

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.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
2. (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
3. (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
4. (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
5. (transitive) To mean, signify.
6. (archaic, transitive) To express, to imply.

Opposite of

export

Synonyms

importation

significance

meaning

purport

consequence

importance

introduce

bring in

signification

imply

moment

important

momentousness

significant

mean

implication

imports

concern

spell

weight

detail

initiate

denote

importee

substance

entrance

sense

importing

imported

admit

prelude

convey

implications

matter

introduction

intake

magnitude

signify

gist

get

express

essence

comprehension

bearing

enter

bring on

input

inlet

inject

destine

Translations

importer

importation

importación

importieren

importar

importare

invoeren

einführen

importazione

importeren

εισαγωγή

Einfuhr

Import

invoer

importação

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪm.pɔːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: importen

In summary

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