Imports are the products shipped into our country from other places. We import Japanese autos and export our pop music to Tokyo. Import also means to signify something. Is it of import to our economic security to have so many Japanese imports on our roads?
To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.
Noun
commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
Noun
having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment that security"
Noun
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"
Noun
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"
Noun
an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees"
Verb
indicate or signify; "I''m afraid this spells trouble!"
Verb
bring in from abroad
v. t.
To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without;
especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country
from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to
export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.
v. t.
To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply;
to signify.
v. t.
To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing
on; to concern.
v. i.
To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
n.
Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from
without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
n.
That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its
signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event,
and the like.
n.
Importance; weight; consequence.
Import
Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together.3.
I have a motion much imports your good.
If I endure it, what imports it you?
Import
Import
I take the imports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them.2.
Most serious design, and the great import.
To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brasil, etc.
To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.
Usage Examples
I hate it when people don't recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to men's work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal - men's writing about their own experience tends to be put in a broader context.
Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they should be here. But if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more - three, four or five times more - for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks.
Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed.
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Other Usage ExamplesHence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.
I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade issue. Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers.
But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import.
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