IMPORT


Meaning of IMPORT in English

(~ed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

To ~ 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 ~ing food than selling abroad...

To ~ from Russia, a Ukrainian firm needs Russian roubles.

...~ed goods from Mexico and India.

? export

VERB: V n, V from n, V-ed

Import is also a noun.

Germany, however, insists on restrictions on the ~ of Polish coal...

? export

N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl

~ation

...restrictions concerning the ~ation of birds.

N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n

2.

Imports are products or raw materials bought from another country for use in your own country.

...farmers protesting about cheap ~s.

N-COUNT: usu pl

3.

The ~ of something is its ~ance. (FORMAL)

Such arguments are of little ~.

= consequence

N-UNCOUNT

4.

If you ~ 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 ~ files from Microsoft Word 5.1 or MacWrite II.

? export

VERB: V n

5.

The ~ of something is its meaning, especially when the meaning is not clearly expressed. (FORMAL)

I have already spoken about the ~ of his speech.

N-SING: with poss

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