Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To bother, irritate, trouble.

  2. (transitive)To harass with persistent requests.

    bedrängen, belästigen

    домога́тьсяdomogátʹsja, надоеда́тьnadojedátʹ, приставатьpristavatʹ

  3. (transitive)To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To import; to signify.

More definitions
  • beg persistently and urgently

Examples

2 sentences

  1. They importune their parents for money.

    ruОни клянчат у родителей денег.

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  2. His daughter importuned him to buy the doll.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to harass with persistent requests:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to harass with persistent requests:

Origin

From Middle French importuner and its etymon Medieval Latin importūnor (“to make oneself t

From Middle French importuner and its etymon Medieval Latin importūnor (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importūnus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor".

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Forms

importunes, importuning, importuned, importuned
Base formimportune · to importune
3rd person singularimportunes
Present participleimportuning
Past simpleimportuned
Past participleimportuned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyimportune
he, she, itimportunes

Past simpleLesson

all personsimportuned

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill importune

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • beg persistently and urgently:insist

Word family

4 related words
Relatedimportunity
Derivedimportunablereimportuneunimportuned

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
importantA1importantlyA2importationimporterimposeB2impositionC2impossibilityB2
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