import

See also: Import

English

Pronunciation

Noun

Verb

Etymology 1

From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“I carry, bear; convey”).

Noun

import (countable and uncountable, plural imports)

  1. (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
  2. (uncountable) The practice of importing.
  3. (uncountable) Significance, importance.
    It was a matter of great import.
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Verb

import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)

  1. (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
  2. (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
    How can I import files from older versions of this application?
Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:import.
Antonyms
  • (bring in from a foreign country): export
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō.

Verb

import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)

  1. (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
    • 1661, Thomas Salusbury:
      See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.
  2. (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
    • 1593, Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost:
      This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta.
    • Dryden
      If I endure it, what imports it you?
  3. (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
    • 1762, David Hume, The History of England:
      It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.
  4. (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
    • 1819, Shelley, "The Cenci":
      It much imports your house That all should be made clear.
  5. (transitive) To mean, signify.
    • Hooker
      Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.
  6. (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.

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Czech

Noun

import m

  1. import

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Antonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

import m (plural importen, diminutive importje n)

  1. Geographical import

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • importeur m

French

Noun

import m (plural imports)

  1. Geographical import

Derived terms

  • importeur m

Further reading

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From English import. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈimport]
  • Hyphenation: im‧port

Noun

import (plural importok)

  1. import

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative import importok
accusative importot importokat
dative importnak importoknak
instrumental importtal importokkal
causal-final importért importokért
translative importtá importokká
terminative importig importokig
essive-formal importként importokként
essive-modal — —
inessive importban importokban
superessive importon importokon
adessive importnál importoknál
illative importba importokba
sublative importra importokra
allative importhoz importokhoz
elative importból importokból
delative importról importokról
ablative importtól importoktól
Possessive forms of import
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. importom importjaim
2nd person sing. importod importjaid
3rd person sing. importja importjai
1st person plural importunk importjaink
2nd person plural importotok importjaitok
3rd person plural importjuk importjaik

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English or German

Noun

import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importer, definite plural importene)

  1. import

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English or German

Noun

import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importar, definite plural importane)

  1. import

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English import, from Latin importare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐmport/
  • Hyphenation: i‧mport

Noun

ìmport m (Cyrillic spelling ѝмпорт)

  1. import (practice of importing)
  2. An import (something brought in from a foreign country)

Declension

References

  • “import” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

import c

  1. import

Declension

Declension of import 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative import importen — —
Genitive imports importens — —

Synonyms

  • införsel

Antonyms

  • importera
  • importförbud
  • importtillstånd
  • importtull
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