Import : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Import	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
import n commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country Synonym(s): import, importation Antonym(s): export, exportation an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees" Synonym(s): import, importee 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 ambiguous" Synonym(s): meaning, significance, signification, import 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" Synonym(s): significance, import, implication having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" Synonym(s): consequence, import, moment Antonym(s): inconsequence v bring in from abroad Antonym(s): export transfer (electronic data) into a database or document Antonym(s): export indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" Synonym(s): spell, import
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Import \Im*port"\, v. i. To signify; to purport; to be of moment. [bd]For that . . . importeth to the work.[b8] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Import \Im"port\, n. 1. Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports. I take the imports from, and not the exports to, these conquests, as the measure of these advantages which we derived from them. --Burke. 2. That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like. 3. Importance; weight; consequence. Most serious design, and the great import. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Import \Import"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Importing}.] [L. importare to bring in, to occasion, to cause; pref. im- in + portare to bear. Sense 3 comes through F. importer, from the Latin. See {Port} demeanor.] 1. 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. 2. To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. Every petition . . . doth . . . always import a multitude of speakers together. --Hooker. 3. To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern. I have a motion much imports your good. --Shak. If I endure it, what imports it you? --Dryden. Syn: To denote; mean; sighify; imply; indicate; betoken; interest; concern.