import

Meanings

Noun

• Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
• The practice of importing.
• Significance, importance.
• A foreigner playing in a sports league.

Verb

• To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
• To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
• To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
• To be of importance to (someone or something).
• To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
• To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
• To mean, signify.
• To express, to imply.

Related

Similar words

• importancy, importance, meaning, purport, significance, tenor, weight

Opposite words

• export
• insignificance

Origin

• From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō, from in + portō.
• From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō.