Results for import
Definitions of import:
part of speech: verb transitive
To carry into: to bring from abroad: to convey, as a word: to signify: to be of consequence to: to interest.
part of speech: noun
That which is brought into a country; that which is conveyed by words; meaning.
part of speech: noun
That which is brought from abroad: meaning: importance: tendency.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: verb transitive
To bring, as goods or wares, into a country from abroad for commercial purposes; bring in from without; to mean; betoken; be of interest or consequence to; concern.
part of speech: verb
To bring in from another state or country; to bear or convey by words; to mean; to signify; to be of weight or consequence.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To be of consequence.
part of speech: noun
Merchandise brought into a country from abroad; usually in plural; meaning; significance; consequence.
Usage examples for import:
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He brings information of great import if true; there is immense danger in accepting it, if false.
"Who Goes There?", Blackwood Ketcham Benson -
I can read your thoughts, and I might affect to despise their import perhaps two years since I should- at present I can pity and excuse them.
"Pelham, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009 -
Whether it would not be a monstrous folly to import nothing but gold and silver, supposing we might do it, from every foreign part to which we trade?
"The Querist", George Berkley -
Thy design and what of import that is which thou dost carry in thy bosom.
"A Maid at King Alfred’s Court", Lucy Foster Madison