import
verb/ɪmˈpɔːt/
/ɪmˈpɔːrt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they import | /ɪmˈpɔːt/ /ɪmˈpɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it imports | /ɪmˈpɔːts/ /ɪmˈpɔːrts/ |
| past simple imported | /ɪmˈpɔːtɪd/ /ɪmˈpɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle imported | /ɪmˈpɔːtɪd/ /ɪmˈpɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form importing | /ɪmˈpɔːtɪŋ/ /ɪmˈpɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- to bring a product or service into one country from another
- import something The country has to import most of its raw materials.
- import something into/to… the cost of importing petroleum products into the country
- import something (from…) (into/to…) goods imported from Japan into the US
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1- The store's croissants are imported directly from France.
- These dogs are illegally imported into the country.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- illegally
- legally
- …
- from
- into
- to
- …
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- import something from… to bring an idea into one country or region from another
- customs imported from the West
- import something (from…) (into…) (computing) to get data from another program, changing its form so that the program you are using can read itTopics Computersb2 opposite export
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘signify’): from Latin importare ‘bring in’ (in medieval Latin ‘imply, mean, be of consequence’), from in- ‘in’ + portare ‘carry’.
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