import
/ɪmˈpɔɹt/ verb B2- To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade. · Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.
- To load a file into a software application from another version or system. · How can I import files from older versions of this application?
He/she/it imports · Past imported · Past participle imported · -ing form importing
Verb forms
- Base form
- import
- He/she/it
- imports
- Past
- imported
- Past participle
- imported
- -ing form
- importing
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You don’t need to import an American from outside in order to account for American doings.”
Rachel would have liked to stay until Matthew came home with his imported orphan.
To Rosings he then hastened to console Lady Catherine and her daughter; and on his return brought back, with great satisfaction, a message from her Ladyship, importing that she felt herself so dull as to make her very desirous of having them all to dine with her.
Many observations were made, the import of which was a unanimous opinion that there was something sinister about the room.
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