import
♦♦ im|port (imports importing imported)
The verb is pronounced /ɪmp'ɔːrt/ The noun is pronounced /'ɪmpɔːrt/
1 [VERB] V n, V from n, V-ed
To import products or raw materials means to buy them from another country for use in your own country.
Britain last year spent nearly £5000 million more on importing food than selling abroad...
To import from Russia, a Ukrainian firm needs Russian roubles.
...imported goods from Mexico and India.
≠ export
[N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl
Import is also a noun.
Germany, however, insists on restrictions on the import of Polish coal...
≠ export
● importation [N-UNCOUNT] usu N of n
...restrictions concerning the importation of birds.
2 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Imports are products or raw materials bought from another country for use in your own country.
...farmers protesting about cheap imports.
3 [N-UNCOUNT]
The import of something is its importance. (FORMAL)
Such arguments are of little import.
= consequence
4 [VERB] V n
If you import files or information into one type of software from another type, you open them in a format that can be used in the new software. (COMPUTING)
You can import files from Microsoft Word 5.1 or MacWrite II.
≠ export
5 [N-SING] with poss
The import of something is its meaning, especially when the meaning is not clearly expressed. (FORMAL)
I have already spoken about the import of his speech.
The verb is pronounced /ɪmp'ɔːrt/ The noun is pronounced /'ɪmpɔːrt/
1 [VERB] V n, V from n, V-ed
To import products or raw materials means to buy them from another country for use in your own country.
Britain last year spent nearly £5000 million more on importing food than selling abroad...
To import from Russia, a Ukrainian firm needs Russian roubles.
...imported goods from Mexico and India.
≠ export
[N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl
Import is also a noun.
Germany, however, insists on restrictions on the import of Polish coal...
≠ export
● importation [N-UNCOUNT] usu N of n
...restrictions concerning the importation of birds.
2 [N-COUNT] usu pl
Imports are products or raw materials bought from another country for use in your own country.
...farmers protesting about cheap imports.
3 [N-UNCOUNT]
The import of something is its importance. (FORMAL)
Such arguments are of little import.
= consequence
4 [VERB] V n
If you import files or information into one type of software from another type, you open them in a format that can be used in the new software. (COMPUTING)
You can import files from Microsoft Word 5.1 or MacWrite II.
≠ export
5 [N-SING] with poss
The import of something is its meaning, especially when the meaning is not clearly expressed. (FORMAL)
I have already spoken about the import of his speech.