importing

Verb (1)

import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)

1. (transitive) 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.

   Antonyms:

   export

2. (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
   • How can I import files from older versions of this application?

   Antonyms:

   export

Verb (2)

import (third-person singular simple present imports, present participle importing, simple past and past participle imported)

1. (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
   • See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.1661, Thomas Salusbury, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
2. (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
   • This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta.1593, Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
3. (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
   • It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.1762, David Hume, The History of England
4. (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
   • It much imports your house That all should be made clear.1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci

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