import

🇺🇸 /ˈɪmpɔːrt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɪmpɔːt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford3000CEFR-B2
noun
B1

a product brought from another country

The country buys many imports from other nations.

B1

the act of bringing products from another country

The government controls the import of certain goods.

R

importance

This decision has great import for our future.

R

the meaning of something

We need to understand the full import of this message.

verb
B1

to bring products from another country

Many countries import oil from other nations.

R

to bring ideas from another place

They import new customs from other cultures.

R

to get data from another program

You can import files from other software.

translation

n. a product brought from another country; the act of bringing products from another country; importance; the meaning of something
v. to bring products from another country; to bring ideas from another place; to get data from another program

Word Forms

Perfect imported
Progressive importing
3rd Present imports
Plural imports
Past imported