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import

/ import /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
Opposites:
export exportation
Type of:
commodity trade goods goods
noun Sense 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"
Type of:
foreigner alien noncitizen
verb Sense 3
bring in from abroad
Opposites:
export
Type of:
trade merchandise
Kinds of:
smuggle
Derived:
importation importing importee importer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
commerce commercialism mercantilism
noun Sense 4
having important effects or influence
"decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"
"virtue is of more moment that security"
Opposites:
inconsequence
Type of:
significance
Kinds of:
matter hell to pay
noun Sense 5
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"
Type of:
meaning substance
Derived:
imply connote entail implicate spell
verb Sense 6
indicate or signify
"I''m afraid this spells trouble!"
Type of:
mean intend
Derived:
meaning significance signification implication
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 7
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
"what is the meaning of this sentence"
"the significance of a red traffic light"
"the signification of Chinese characters"
"the import of his announcement was ambigtuous"
Type of:
message content subject matter
Kinds of:
lexical meaning grammatical meaning symbolization symbolisation sense
Derived:
spell mean intend signify stand for
Semantic Complexity
66%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
46
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

commodity trade goods goods export exportation foreigner alien noncitizen trade merchandise smuggle significance