Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or an instance of importing.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country.

    вве́зенняvvézennja, ввізvviz, і́мпортímport

  3. (countable, uncountable)That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.

    commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

  4. (countable, uncountable)The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.

    lexikalische Entlehnung, lexikalischer Import

  5. (countable, uncountable)The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R).

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The importation of rare wild animals to this country is strictly prohibited.

    Імпортування рідкісних диких тварин в цю країну суворо заборонено. — ChickenKiev

    deDie Einfuhr seltener Wildtiere in dieses Land ist strengstens untersagt. — Yorwba

  2. Japan has considerably increased its importation of manufactured goods.

  3. Mexico wants to stop the importation of genetically modified crops.

  4. The regions with the fewest natural resources rely on importation to increase their standard of living.

  5. The government’s move paves the way for importation of GMO products, which the government says will help boost food security.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
A term consisting of formally foreign elements:

Forms

plural: importations
Singularimportation
Pluralimportations

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country:importing
  • commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country:import

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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