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noun | verb importimport1 /ˈɪmpɔrt/ ●●○ noun THESAURUS something that is made in a factory, grown, or taken from nature in order to be sold► product something that is made in a factory, grown, or taken from nature in order to be sold: None of our products is tested on animals. Television commercials for tobacco products are banned. ► goods products, especially of a particular type. Used when talking about economics: Many of the electronic goods are made in Japan. The prices of imported goods have risen in the last year. ► merchandise the products that are being sold in a particular store: The store carries a wide variety of sports-related merchandise. ► produce food, especially fruit and vegetables, that people grow to sell: We went to the farmers’ market to buy fresh produce. ► export a product that one country sells to another country: China is a leading market for U.S. agricultural exports. ► import a product that is brought into a country to be sold: Imports such as toys and clothing often come from Asia. 1[countable, uncountable] the action or business of bringing goods into one country from another to be sold OPP export: Oil imports have risen recently.import of The U.S. banned the import of African elephant ivory in 1989.2[countable] something that is brought into one country from another in order to be sold, especially a car: Small-car buyers tend to buy imports.► see thesaurus at product3[countable] something new or different that is brought to a place where it did not previously exist: The beetle is thought to be a European import.4[uncountable] formal importance or meaning: a matter of little import noun | verb importimport2 /ɪmˈpɔrt/ ●●○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYimport2Origin: 1400-1500 Latin importare, from portare to carry VERB TABLEimport |
Present | I, you, we, they | import | | he, she, it | imports | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | imported | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have imported | | he, she, it | has imported | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had imported | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will import | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have imported |
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Present | I | am importing | | he, she, it | is importing | | you, we, they | are importing | Past | I, he, she, it | was importing | | you, we, they | were importing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been importing | | he, she, it | has been importing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been importing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be importing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been importing |
1to bring something from one country into another so that it can be sold there OPP export: import something from something The wood had been imported from China.2computers to move computer information from one computer to the one you are using, or from one computer document to the one you are using OPP export3to introduce something new or different in a place where it did not previously exist: The fish, not native to California, had been imported from Florida. [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin importare, from portare to carry] |