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...)
