import
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Noun
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭmʹpôt, IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pɔːt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) enPR: ĭmʹpôrt, IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pɔɹt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭmʹpōrt, IPA(key): /ˈɪm.po(ː)ɹt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈɪm.poət/
Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭmpôtʹ, IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔːt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) enPR: ĭmpôrtʹ, IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔɹt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭmpōrtʹ, IPA(key): /ɪmˈpo(ː)ɹt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpoət/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“I carry, bear; convey”).
Noun edit
import (countable and uncountable, plural imports)
- (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
- (uncountable) The practice of importing.
- (uncountable) Significance, importance.
- It was a matter of great import.
- 2023 December 27, Christian Wolmar, “Hope springs eternal for greater use of the Channel Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 999, page 26:
- There is, too, a little mentioned aspect of the tunnel which contributes to its failings. You never see the sea while approaching it from either the British or French side. That takes away from the import of the journey - a historic link between Britain and the continent. Instead, it is just a tunnel.
- (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.
Synonyms edit
- (the practice of importing): importation
- (significance): importancy, importance, meaning, purport, significance, tenor, weight
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “practice of importing”): export
- (antonym(s) of “something brought in from a foreign country”): export
- insignificance
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import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)
- (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
- Antonym: export
- Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.
- (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
- Antonym: export
- How can I import files from older versions of this application?
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:import.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Italian importare, and French importer, from Latin importō.
Verb edit
import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)
- (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
- 1661, Thomas Salusbury, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.
- (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
- 1593, Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost:
- This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta.
- 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
- If I endure it, what imports it you?
- (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
- 1762, David Hume, The History of England:
- It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.
- (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
- 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci:
- It much imports your house That all should be made clear.
- (transitive) To mean, signify.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- Every petition […] doth […] always import a multitude of speakers together.
- (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.
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References edit
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “import”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Czech edit
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import m inan
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Back-formed from importeren or borrowed from English import.
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import m (plural importen, diminutive importje n)
- Geographical import.
- (Netherlands, collective) A person or people who is/are not native to a city, village or region, but moved there from outside.
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- (import): invoer
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French edit
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import m (plural imports)
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Further reading edit
- “import”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English import.[1]
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Noun edit
import (plural importok)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | import | importok |
accusative | importot | importokat |
dative | importnak | importoknak |
instrumental | importtal | importokkal |
causal-final | importért | importokért |
translative | importtá | importokká |
terminative | importig | importokig |
essive-formal | importként | importokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | importban | importokban |
superessive | importon | importokon |
adessive | importnál | importoknál |
illative | importba | importokba |
sublative | importra | importokra |
allative | importhoz | importokhoz |
elative | importból | importokból |
delative | importról | importokról |
ablative | importtól | importoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
importé | importoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
importéi | importokéi |
Possessive forms of import | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | importom | importjaim |
2nd person sing. | importod | importjaid |
3rd person sing. | importja | importjai |
1st person plural | importunk | importjaink |
2nd person plural | importotok | importjaitok |
3rd person plural | importjuk | importjaik |
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- import in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English import, from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō (“bring in from abroad, import”, verb), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō (“I carry, bear; convey”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
import (Jawi spelling ايمڤورت)
Noun edit
import (Jawi spelling ايمڤورت, plural import-import, informal 1st possessive importku, 2nd possessive importmu, 3rd possessive importnya)
- The action or process of importing; importation, import.
- Antonym: eksport
- Import mengatasi eksport di negara ini.
- The import tops the export in this country.
Verb edit
import (Jawi spelling ايمڤورت, active mengimport, 3rd person passive diimport)
- (transitive) To import.
- Antonym: eksport
- Produk ini telah diimport dari China.
- This product was imported from China.
Affixations edit
- pengimport (“importer”)
- pengimportan (“importation, import”)
Further reading edit
- “import” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importer, definite plural importene)
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- “import” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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import m (definite singular importen, indefinite plural importar, definite plural importane)
References edit
- “import” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English import, from Middle English importen, from Old French emporter, importer, from Latin importō.
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import m inan
- (economics) import (act of importing)
- Antonym: eksport
- (economics) import (something brought in from a foreign country)
- Antonym: eksport
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Back-formation from importa
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import n (plural importuri)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) import | importul | (niște) importuri | importurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) import | importului | (unor) importuri | importurilor |
vocative | importule | importurilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From English import, from Latin importare.
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ìmport m (Cyrillic spelling ѝмпорт)
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References edit
- “import” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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import c
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Declension of import | ||||
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Nominative | import | importen | — | — |
Genitive | imports | importens | — | — |
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