im·port

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verb
verb: import; 3rd person present: imports; past tense: imported; past
participle: imported; gerund or present participle: importing
/imˈpôrt/
1. 1.
bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
"Japan's reluctance to import more cars"
Similar:
buy from abroad
bring from abroad
bring in
buy in
ship in
source from abroad
Opposite:
export
o introduce (an idea) from a different place or context.
"new beliefs were often imported by sailors"
o COMPUTING
transfer (data) into a file or document.
2. 2.
ARCHAIC
indicate or signify.
"having thus seen, what is imported in a Man's trusting his Heart"
o express or make known.
"they passed a resolution importing that they relied on His Majesty's gracious
promise"
noun
noun: import; plural noun: imports
/ˈimˌpôrt/
1. 1.
a commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale.
"cheap imports from eastern Europe"
Similar:
imported commodity
foreign commodity
nondomestic commodity
 Opposite:
export

o sales of goods or services brought in from abroad, or the revenue from such
sales.
"this surplus pushes up the yen, which ought to boost imports"
o the action or process of importing goods or services.
"the import of live cattle from Canada"
Similar:
importation
importing
introduction
bringing in
bringing from abroad
buying from abroad
sourcing from abroad
shipping in
Opposite:
export
2. 2.
the meaning or significance of something, especially when not directly stated.
"the import of her message is clear"
Similar:
meaning
sense
essence
gist
drift
purport
 message
thrust
substance
sum and substance
implication
signification
point
burden
tenor
spirit
pith
core
nub
nitty-gritty
o great significance; importance.
"pronouncements of world-shaking import"
Similar:
importance
significance
consequence
moment
momentousness
magnitude
substance
weight
weightiness
note
noteworthiness
gravity
seriousness
Opposite:
insignificance
Origin
late Middle English (in the sense ‘signify’): from Latin importare ‘bring in’ (in medieval Latin ‘imply,
mean, be of consequence’), from in- ‘in’ + portare ‘carry’.