1. Bring in from abroad
   "The company imports exotic fruits from tropical countries"
    
2. (computing) transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
   "We need to import the customer data into our new system"
    
3. Indicate or signify
   "His silence imported agreement";
   - spell

1. Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
   "The country's main imports were oil and electronics";
   - importation
    
2. Significance or importance
   "decisions of great import are made by the president himself";
   - consequence, moment
    
3. The message that is intended, 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
   "the import of his remark became clear only later";
   - significance, implication
    
5. An imported person brought from a foreign country
   "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden";
   - importee

Derived forms: imports, importing, imported

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