noun importance; weight; consequence.
2. import ·vi to signify; to purport; to be of moment.
3. import ·vt to be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.
4. import ·vt to carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.
5. import ·noun merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries;
generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
6. import ·noun that which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.
7. import ·vt to bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce;
opposed to export. we import teas from china, coffee from brasil, ·etc.