Meaning

8 senses
  1. (transitive)To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

    Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.

    importieren, einführen

    импорти́роватьimportírovatʹ, ввози́тьvvozítʹ, ввезти́vveztí

    імпортува́тиimportuváty, уво́зитиuvózyty, вво́зитиvvózyty

    bring in from abroad

  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?

    импортироватьimportirovatʹ

  3. (intransitive)To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.

  4. (transitive)To be of importance to (someone or something).

  5. (transitive)To be incumbent on (someone to do something).

  6. (transitive)To be important or crucial to (that something happen).

  7. (transitive)To mean, signify.

    indicate or signify

  8. (archaic, transitive)To express, to imply.

Examples

272 sentences
  1. This is a car imported from Germany.

    Ця машина імпортована з Німеччини.

    ruЭтот автомобиль импортирован из Германии.

    deDies ist ein aus Deutschland importiertes Auto.

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  2. Japan imports a large quantity of oil.

    Японія імпортує великі обсяги нафти.

    ruЯпония импортирует большие объёмы нефти.

    deJapan importiert große Mengen Rohöl.

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  3. Do you sell imported beer?

    У вас продається імпортне пиво?

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  4. Imports exceeded exports last year.

    Минулого року імпорт перевищив експорт.

    ruВ прошлом году импорт превысил экспорт.

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  5. They sell imports at that store.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to bring in from a foreign country:
Русский
By meaning 2
to bring in from a foreign country:
to load files into a computer from another source:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to bring in from a foreign country:

Origin

From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bri

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 (“to carry, bear; convey”).

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

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Forms

imports, importing, imported, imported
Base formimport · to import
3rd person singularimports
Present participleimporting
Past simpleimported
Past participleimported

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyimport
he, she, itimports

Past simpleLesson

all personsimported

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave imported
he, she, ithas imported

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill import

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • indicate or signify:spell

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • sell imported
  • imported cars
  • imported beer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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