import

im-port · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To bring goods or services into a country from abroad.

  2. 2.

    A product or service brought into a country from abroad.

  3. 3.

    (computing) To transfer data into a program or system.

  4. 4.

    (formal) The meaning or significance of something.

Related words

Antonyms: export, send out
See also: export, importation, trade
Synonyms: bring in, introduce, ship in

Etymology

From Latin importare ("to bring in"), from in- ("in") + portare ("to carry"). The noun sense of "meaning" derives from the idea of what something "carries" or conveys.