1. Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
   - importation 
2. An imported person brought from a foreign country
   "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"
   - importee 
3. The message that is intended or expressed or signified
   "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
   - meaning, significance, signification 
4. A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
   - significance, implication 
5. Having important effects or influence
   - consequence, moment

1. Bring in from abroad 
2. Transfer (electronic data) into a database or document 
3. Indicate or signify
   - spell

Derived forms: importing, imported, imports

See also: importation, importer

Type of: alien, commodity, content, foreigner, good, intend, mean, meaning, merchandise, merchandize, message, noncitizen, outlander, significance, subject matter, substance, trade, trade good, transfer

Antonym: export

Encyclopedia: Import

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