- 1to bring a product, a service, an idea, etc. into one country from another import something The country has to import most of its raw materials. import something (from…) (into…) goods imported from Japan into the U.S. customs imported from the West
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- 2import something (from…) (into…) (computing) to get data from another program, changing its form so that the program you are using can read it opposite export
import
verbNAmE//ɪmˈpɔrt//, NAmE//ˈɪmpɔrt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they import he / she / it imports
past simple imported
-ing form importing
NAmE//ˌɪmpɔrˈteɪʃn//
noun [uncountable, countable] synonym import a ban on the importation of ivorySee import in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: import