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Definition of import verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    import

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//ɪmˈpɔrt//
     
    , NAmE//ˈɪmpɔrt//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they import
     
     he / she / it imports
     
     past simple imported
     
     -ing form importing
     
     
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  1. 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
  2. 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
im‧por‧ta‧tion
 
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NAmE//ˌɪmpɔrˈteɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable, countable] synonym import a ban on the importation of ivorySee import in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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