(~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
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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