1 [C,usually pl.] a product or service that is brought into one country from another:
food imports from abroad
OPPEXPORT
2 [U,pl.] the act of bringing a product or service into one country from another:
The report calls for a ban on the import of hazardous waste. * import controls * an import licence * imports of oil
OPPEXPORT
3 [U] (formal) importance:
matters of great import
4 the ~ (of sth) [sing.] (formal) the meaning of sth, especially when it is not immediately clear:
It is difficult to understand the full import of this statement.
verb [VN] ~ sth (from...)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for import is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is import a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, import is tagged as noun.
Does import appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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