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importee

importee noun: someone or something that is imported, or brought in from outside.

Noun

importee (plural importees)

  1. Someone or something that is imported, or brought in from outside.
    • The Kikuyu, including Chief Koinange himself, were importees. The tribe came from the neighbourhood of the Tana River in the distant past, the movement being along the course of that river to the district of Fort Hall.1933, Kenya Land Commission Evidence, volume 1, page 615
    • However, it is unsafe in general for a module to be typechecked given only the public interfaces of its importees.2003, Rachid Guerraoui, ECOOP '99 - Object-Oriented Programming: 13th European Conference

Forms of importee

pluralimportees

Origin of importee

From import + -ee.

Questions about importee

What does importee mean?
Importee means someone or something that is imported, or brought in from outside.
What part of speech is importee?
Importee is a noun.
What is the plural of importee?
The plural of importee is importees.

Words near importee in the dictionary

  1. importations
  2. importazole
  3. imported
  4. imported cabbage worm
  5. imported cabbage worms
  6. importee
  7. importees
  8. importer
  9. importers
  10. importest
  11. importeth

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