Import

Definition: Import

Import

Noun

1. Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country.

2. An imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees".

3. The message that is intended or expressed.

4. 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".

5. Having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment that security".

Verb

1. Bring in from abroad.

2. Indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "import" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Business

Economics

Hydrologic

Shipping

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Import

Imagination

Verb: mean, signify, express; import, purport; convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense; tell of, speak of; touch on; point to, allude to; drive at; involve; (latency); declare; (affirm).

Noun: meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope.

Importance

Verb: be important; Adjective:, be somebody, be something; import, signify, matter, boot, be an object; carry weight; (influence); make a figure; (repute); be in the ascendant, come to the front, lead the way, take the lead, play first fiddle, throw all else into the shade; lie at the root of; deserve notice, merit notice, be worthy of notice, be worthy of regard, be worthy of consideration.

Import, significance, concern; emphasis, interest.

Ingress

Noun: ingress; entrance, entry; introgression; influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption; ingression; penetration, interpenetration; illapse, import, infiltration; immigration; admission; (reception); insinuation; (interjacence); insertion.

Insertion

Verb: insert; introduce, intromit; put into, run into; import; inject; interject; infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue.

Interposition

Put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in; interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in; let in, dovetail, splice, mortise; insinuate, smuggle; infiltrate, ingrain.

Reception

Verb: give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink; (food).

Transference

Verb: transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote; port, import, export.

Crosswords: Import

Albanian (import), Czech (import), German (import, importation), Hungarian (import, importation, imported), Romanian (import, importation), Swedish (import, importation).

We're going to import a case of them together (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

I'd like to do a song of great social and political import. (Me & Bobby McGee; performing artist: Janis Joplin)

Politica... Moda... Finante... Import... Export... (1926)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Wool and Other Animal Hair Excluding Wool Tops in Argentina (reference)

• Anthracite Coal Import Market in Germany: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Bacon, Ham and Other Dried, Salted, and Smoked Swine Meat in France (reference)

• Pier Import Europe: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruit in Africa (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• 2000 Import and Export Market for Articles and Manufactures of Carving and Moulding Materials in Bul (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Abrasive Powder and Grain in Asia [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• 2000 Import and Export Market for Office Machines and Automatic Data Processing Equipment in Afghani (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Import Export Usa - Cd Rom (reference)

• Import Tuner (reference)

• Iznos I Vnos = Export And Import (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Sixth Annual Diamond Star Shootout and Mid-America Import Drag Nationals (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Hot Import Nights (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Hori Mini Controller in Green - JAPANESE IMPORT (reference)

• NIRA Intense Import Drag Racing (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

When an instrument organizing fundamentally a judicial system, divides it into one supreme, and so many inferior courts as the legislature may ordain and establish; then enumerates its powers, and proceeds so far to distribute them, as to define the jurisdiction of the supreme court by declaring the cases in which it shall take original jurisdiction, and that in others it shall take appellate jurisdiction; the plain import of the words seems to be, that in one class of cases its jurisdiction is original, and not appellate; in the other it is appellate, and not original. (reference)

No export or import duties shall be imposed upon upon them in this connection. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

How can we be sure food safety standards in other countries are as good as those in the United States?  As we import more of our fresh foods from other countries, we need to be confident that they are produced with the same level of safety as food in the United States. (references)

Business

China is dominant in the import market. (references)

The PA has no special import provisions. (references)

Illustrative Study of Direct Import Costs. (references)

Children

Malaysia

All equipment designed specifically for use by persons with disabilties would also be exempt from all import duties and sales taxes. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bahrain

Government approval to access satellite dishes and to import or install dishes no longer is required. (references)

Singapore

He also alleged that, after his book was printed in Malaysia, the Government would not allow its import. (references)

Economic History

Laos

FUEL IS THE LEADING IMPORT. (references)

Ghana

Ghana has no import price controls. (references)

Uruguay

No export or import quotas are applied. (references)

Human Rights

Afghanistan

On July 19, the Taliban banned the import of 30 items it claimed were "un-Islamic," including musical instruments, cassettes, and computer discs. (references)

Political Economy

UKRAINE

These taxes include VAT, import duties and excise taxes. (references)

GHANA

Former government import monopolies have been abolished. (references)

Trade

Senegal

See also " Import Licenses" above. (references)

Kenya

Certain pets require an import license. (references)

Sri Lanka

GST must be paid at the point of import. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

Encryption software must be licensed for import. (references)

Sweden

Nothing of import happens in Sweden during the month of July. (references)

Chad

Personal computers and laptops face the same import requirements as vehicles. (references)

Worker Rights

Slovenia

It is quite common for nightclub owners to import illegally foreign nationals into the country and arrange work permits for them as auxiliary workers and dancers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "import": import barrier ♦ import business ♦ import cargo ♦ import controls ♦ import credit ♦ import deficit ♦ import duties ♦ import duty ♦ import firm ♦ import goods ♦ import licence ♦ import license ♦ import manifest ♦ import permit ♦ import prohibition ♦ import regulations ♦ import restrictions ♦ import surcharge ♦ import surplus ♦ import tariff ♦ import trade ♦ of great import ♦ of import ♦ of no great import. Additional references.

Beginning with "import": import-competing, import-demand, import-dependence, import-dependent, import-export, import-export bank, import-hostile, import-led, import-licensing, import-limitation, import-replacing, import-sensitive, import-substitutes, import-substituting, import-substitution, import-target.

Ending with "import": Export-import.

Afrikaans

invoer. (various references)

Albanian

importoj, import, i nënkuptueshëm, vlen (go for, serve), shpreh (bid, breathe, clothe, couch, embody, express, express oneself, extend, formulate, give voice to, outspeak, phrase, profess, put, put forward, say, speak, utter), rëndësi (consequence, consideration, importance, intractability, magnitude, materiality, moment, prominence, prominency, significance, standing, weight), nënkupton, mallra importi, lojtar i blerë, kuptim (comprehension, conception, construction, drift, hang, meaning, perception, point, purport, realization, sense, significance, signification, stress, understanding), ka rëndësi (weigh), domethënie (connotation, drift, importance, meaning, purport, sense, significance), do të thotë (add up to, denote, indicate, signify). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مغزى (meaning, moral, moral of a fable, purport, sense, significance, signification, tenor), ‏معنى (concept, meaning, purport, sense, significance), ‏مضمون (content, ensured, guaranteed, meaning, purport, registered, secured, signification, tenor, warranted), ‏واردات (imports, incoming), ‏سلعة مستوردة, ‏عنى (attend, denote, imply, look after, manage, mean, see, signify, take care of, watch), ‏إستيراد (importation), ‏إستورد, ‏أفاد ضمنا (connote), ‏أهمية (account, consequence, consideration, importance, magnitude, moment, pith, prominence, significance, standing, stress, value, weight, weightiness, worth), ‏شأن (business, concern, consequence, importance, interest, pigeon), ‏بضائع مستوردة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

смисъл (amount, effect, hang, intent, intention, matter, message, point, sense, signification, sound, spirit, use), въвеждам (bring, bring in, establish, herald, initiate, institute, introduce, naturalize, pioneer, prelude, premise, prologue, put in, set up, show, take in, usher in), вносен, внос (importation), внасям (inject, introduce, pay in, smuggle), важност (account, concern, concernment, gravity, importance, interest, magnitude, materiality, moment, pith, pomposity, self-importance, seriousness, significance, solemnity, stress, value, weight), важен съм (signify), означавам (amount, bespeak, betoken, connotate, denote, imply, indicate, intend, involve, mean, purport, represent, signify, spell, typify), значение (account, amount, consequence, consideration, denotation, hang, heft, importance, intention, interest, magnitude, matter, meaning, message, moment, notability, object, pith, sense, significance, signification, tenor, value, weight), засягам (advert, affect, afflict, apply, bruise, concern, effect, hit, hurt, offend, pique, refer, regard, tell, touch, treat of), имам значение (count, cut, matter, mean, signify, tell, weigh), импортен, изразявам (articulate, carve, clothe, conceive, convey, couch, express, phrase, put, render, signify), давам да се разбере (indicate, intimate, signify). (various references)

Chinese 

進口 , 进口 (importation, imported, importing). (various references)

Czech

importovat, import, význam (denotement, importance, meaning, moment, purport, sense, significance, value), smysl (appreciation, effect, meaning, purport, purpose, reason, tenor), dovoz (carriage, cartage, importation), dovezené zboží, dovážet. (various references)

Danish

indføre. (various references)

Dutch

invoeren (carry-in, carrying-in, charging, feeding, filling, take-in), importeren. (various references)

Esperanto

importi. (various references)

Farsi 

کالای وارده , کالای رسیده , واردکردن (Induct, Intern, Involve), تسخیرکردن (Conquer), تاثیرکردن در, اهمیت داشتن (Concern), اظهارکردن (Affirm, Allude, Profess, State, Suggest, Swan), دخل داشتن به , به کشوراوردن , باپیروزی بدست امدن . (various references)

Finnish

tuonti (importation, imports), tuoda maahan, maahantuonti. (various references)

French

importer, importation (importation). (various references)

Frisian

ynfiere, ymportearje. (various references)

German

importieren (to import), einfuhr (importation, importing, influx), einführen (bring in, establish, feed in, feed on, induct, infix, innovate, install, institute, introduce, introduces, launch, orientate, present, set, start, superinduce, to inaugurate, to induct, to initiate, to introduce, to spearhead, to superinduce, usher, work in), import (importation). (various references)

Greek 

εισάγω (admit, enter, induct, initiate, inject, insert, institute, introduce, prelude, usher, usher in). (various references)

Hebrew 

יבוא (importation). (various references)

Hungarian

értelem (apprehension, bearing, comprehension, connotation, conscience, head, intellect, intelligence, meaning, mind, purport, rationale, reason, senses, significance, wit). (various references)

Indonesian

impor, pemasukan (entering, entry, registration), mendatangkan (bring about, incur), berarti (be significant, denote, infer, mean). (various references)

Italian

importazione (importation, importing), importare (be necessary, care, matter). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

輸入　 (importation, introduction), 輸入 (importation, introduction), 内容 (contents, detail, matter, subject, substance), インフレ対策 (counter-inflation measures, impedance, imperial, implement, implementation, implementor, implication, important, impossible, impotence, impression, impressive, improvisation, in play, inheritance, input, invader, invention, inventory, inventory cycles, inventory finance, inventory recession, inventory recovery, investment, investment analyst, investment bank, investment counselor, invoice, involve). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ないよう (contents, detail, internal use, matter, private business, subject, substance), ゆにゅう (importation, introduction), インポート . (various references)

Korean 

수입품. (various references)

Malay

mengimpor. (various references)

Manx

ymmyrkey stiagh (importing), kionnaghey stiagh (importation, order in), keeayllaghey (implication, imply), foaynoo (avail, availment, consequence, essence, fame, fettle, form, function, importance, order, reputation, state, utility, value, worth), cur lesh stiagh (introduce), cooid kionnit stiagh. (various references)

Norwegian

innførsel, innføre (introduce), innebære (imply), importere. (various references)

Papiamen

importá. (various references)

Pig Latin

importay.(various references)

Portuguese

importação (coming-in, introduction). (various references)

Romanian

interesa (affect, commend, concern, interest, involve), importare (importation), importa, import (importation), mãrfuri importate (importation), da lãsa sã se înţeleagã, anunţa (advertise, announce, annunciate, bid, bill, blow around, cry, forebode, foretell, give notice, give out, Herald, inform, instruct, notify, promise, publish, report, ring, usher in), însemna (badge, be, betoken, brand, chalk out, connote, denote, dint, excoriate, imply, item, jot down, mark off, mean, note, record, scotch, signify, spell, stand, tick), înţeles (meaning, sense, significance, signification, spirit). (various references)

Russian 

смысл (meaning, purport, semantics, sense), выражать (denote, enounce, express, expressed, give voice to, look, phrase, put, setforth, signify, vocalize), ввозить, ввоз (coming-in, importation), ввезти, вносить (contribute by, introduce into, move), важность (concernment, consequence, importance, interest, magnitude, materiality, portentousness, self-importance, significance, solemnity), значить (intend, mean, signified, signifies, signify), привоз (bringing), импортный (imported), импортные товары, импортировать импорт импортный (imports), импортировать, импорт (importation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

značiti (be significant, mean), uvozni (imported), uvoziti, uvoz (coming-in, importation), uneti (bring in, carry in, draw in, enter, fill in, inscribe, introduce, take in), smisao (meaning, point, purport, sense, signification, talent), obeležavati (mark, note, scribe). (various references)

Spanish

importación (importation), importar (amount to, matter, reck). (various references)

Swedish

importera, import (importation). (various references)

Turkish

ithalat (importation, imports), ithal etmek, ithal (imported), ima etmek (adumbrate, allude to, give smb. to understand, hint at, imply, insinuate, intimate, mention, refer, shadow forth, shadow out, sign, suggest), ifade etmek (amount, be enunciative of, breathe, conceive, connote, couch, denote, describe, emit, enounce, express, figure, frame, give voice to, mean, purport, reflect, represent, sign, signify, state, utter, voice, word), ifade (declaration, denotation, deposition, enunciation, evidence, expression, locution, phrase, proposition, recital, recital of fact, signification, statement, term, utterance, voice), manâ (explanation, hang, meaning, purport, sense, signification), belirtmek (define, deliver oneself, denote, embody, emit, enumerate, evidence, exude, feature, indicate, manifest, point out, predicate, purport, remark, represent, show, sign, signify, specify, state, ventilate), anlam (acceptation, construction, content, denotation, effect, explanation, hang, inference, meaning, point, purport, purview, sense, significance, significancy, signification, sound, strain, tenor), önemi olmak (carry weight with, count, matter, weigh), önem (accent, account, amount, consequence, consideration, emphasis, gravity, importance, interest, magnitude, matter, moment, prominence, regard, significance, significancy, stature, strength, stress, substantiality, value, weight). (various references)

Turkmen 

importirlemek (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

імпортувати, імпорт (importation), важливість (account, amount, concern, consequence, earnest, gravity, importance, magnitude, moment, notability, pregnancy, seriousness, significance, significancy), означати (bespeak, betoken, connotate, connote, denote, imply, indicate, infer, mean, note, purport), значення (account, bearing, consequence, знаЧеннЯ [n], intent, meaning, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, sound, value, weight). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự nhập (importation), hàng nhập khẩu ý nghĩa. (various references)

Welsh

mewnforio. (various references)

adportabat, adportaverant, adporto, affamen, arcessierunt, arcessito, importare, infer, inferam, inferamus, inferant, inferas, inferat, inferatis, inferebant, inferebantur, inferebatur, inferemus, inferens, inferent, inferentes, inferentur, infereris, inferes, inferet, inferetur, infero, inferre, inferrent, inferrentur, inferret, infers, infert, inferte, infertur, inferunt, inlata, inlatas, inlatis, inlatum, inlatus, inportant, inportavi, intulerat, intuleris, intulerunt, intulimus, intulisset, intulistis, intulit, subinferentes. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "import": importable, importance, importances, importancies, importancy, important, importantly, importation, importations, imported, importer, importers, importing, imports, importunate, importunately, importunateness, importunatenesses, importune, importuned, importunely, importuner, importuners, importunes, importuning, importunities, importunity. (additional references)

Words ending with "import": reimport. (additional references)

Words containing "import": nonimportation, nonimportations, reimportation, reimportations, reimported, reimporting, reimports, unimportance, unimportances, unimportant. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Import" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amport, ampro, empor, imcot, immor, impet, impgoth, impit, impo, im'port, importa, impur, Imsoft, inport, opport, umpirt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: primo, tromp.

-2 letters: mort, omit, port, prim, prom, riot, romp, roti, tiro, topi, tori, trim, trio, trip, trop.

-3 letters: imp, mir, mop, mor, mot, opt, ort, pit, poi, pom, pot, pro, rim, rip, rom, rot, tip, tom, top, tor.

-4 letters: it, mi, mo, om, op, or, pi, ti, to.

+1 letter: imports, protium, tropism.

+2 letters: atropism, impactor, imported, importer, imposter, impostor, orpiment, pastromi, protamin, protiums, reimport, trimorph, tromping, tropisms.

+3 letters: ametropia, ametropic, atropisms, impactors, imperator, important, importers, importing, importune, imposters, impostors, imposture, impromptu, misreport, optimizer, orpiments, pastromis, patrimony, peristome, pictogram, pogromist, preatomic, prominent, promoting, promotion, promotive, prompting, prostomia, protamine, protamins, proximate, proximity, reimports, temporise, temporize, trimorphs.